HIV infection, risk taking, and the duty to treat

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-74

  Smolkin, Doran ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Managed care; Mandatory policy; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORALITY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COERCION; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 0031063745     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/22.1.55     Document Type: Article

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