TY - JOUR
T1 - Do Physicians Have an Obligation to Treat Patients with AIDS?
AU - Lennihan, Richard
AU - Mckelvey, Robert S.
AU - Wendel, George D.
AU - Henry, Keith
AU - Kobylak, Lester J.
AU - Kalivas, James
AU - Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
PY - 1989/1/12
Y1 - 1989/1/12
N2 - To the Editor: Dr. Emanuel writes with thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and conviction on the issue of physicians' obligation to treat patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (June 23 issue).* I agree with his premise that physicians do have such an obligation, but I recognize several unique features of this epidemic that can lead to understandable differences of opinion among physicians, hospitals, and health care providers. Patients with AIDS will die of AIDS. Virtually no one will survive. By contrast, not all patients with poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, or even bubonic plague died of their illness. If a physician contracts AIDS as a consequence.
AB - To the Editor: Dr. Emanuel writes with thoroughness, thoughtfulness, and conviction on the issue of physicians' obligation to treat patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (June 23 issue).* I agree with his premise that physicians do have such an obligation, but I recognize several unique features of this epidemic that can lead to understandable differences of opinion among physicians, hospitals, and health care providers. Patients with AIDS will die of AIDS. Virtually no one will survive. By contrast, not all patients with poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, or even bubonic plague died of their illness. If a physician contracts AIDS as a consequence.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198901123200210
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198901123200210
M3 - Letter
C2 - 2911286
AN - SCOPUS:0024520352
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 320
SP - 120
EP - 122
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 2
ER -