Do Physicians Have an Obligation to Treat Patients with AIDS?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 25, 1988, Pages 1686-1690

  Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0023926301     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198806233182511     Document Type: Editorial

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