AIDS and the right to health care.
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چکیده
A 1987 New York Times editorial noted that the refusal of physicians and dentists to treat patients infected with the AIDS virus is the most painful symptom produced by the fear of AIDS. 3 An editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) echoed this concern. 4 C. Everett Koop, the Surgeon General of the United States, admitted that he is getting more reports of health care providers refusing to treat people infected with the AIDS virus. 5 In November, 1987, the American Medical Association, a national voluntary as so-
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Issues in law & medicine
دوره 4 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988