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Ethics
Expert Says Doctors Should be Able to Keep HIV Status Secret
November 12th, 2000
A leading health policy expert says the U.S. government should no longer compel HIV infected doctors to tell patients about their disease, reopening a debate that raged a decade ago after an American woman contracted HIV from her dentist. Lawrence Gostin of Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, said the current rules "pose significant human rights burdens" and are not supported by recent data showing the risk of doctor-patient transmission is extremely low. The guidelines are being evaluated under a routine review by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gostin's proposal was published in the October 18, 2000, issue of...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2000-11-12)
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