Health care professionals and treatment of HIV-positive patients: Is there an affirmative duty to treat under common law, the rehabilitation act, or the Americans with disabilities act?

Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-113

  White, Christopher C ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NOTE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033047170     PISSN: 01947648     EISSN: 1521057X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01947649909511081     Document Type: Article

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