Ethical dilemmas related to counseling clients living with HIV/AIDS

This study tested an eight-factor model of client actions/decisions in term s of the extent to which professionals counseling persons with HIV/AIDS bel ieved that those actions/decisions presented ethical dilemmas, and the freq uency with which they encountered such actions. A confirmatory factor analy sis lent initial support for the hypothetical eight-factor ethical-dilemma model for the ratings regarding the extent to which the participants believ ed those items constituted ethical dilemmas. Similar results were obtained for the frequency ratings, but in this case a second, competing model was e qually plausible. Several significant predictors of participant ratings wer e found and are discussed.