AIDS, surgery, and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-54

  Halevy, Amir ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEAR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033971327     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.135.1.51     Document Type: Review

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