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Patient Access to Information on Clinicians Infected With Blood-Borne Pathogens
- Source :
- JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. Oct 18, 2000, Vol. 284 Issue 15, p1975
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- A proposal to drop the requirement for HIV-infected health care workers to disclose their status to patients needs further examination. The argument for the change is that the risk of transmission is very low and disclosure violates the health care workers privacy and civil rights.
- Subjects :
- Medical personnel -- Diseases
HIV infection
Blood-borne diseases
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00987484
- Volume :
- 284
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.66420499