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Clinical Infectious Diseases
New findings from College of Medicine in the area of clinical infectious diseases described
May 26th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "A broad spectrum of infectious diseases is studied in vulnerable populations. However, ethical considerations of reporting research results that could increase stigmatization of socially marginalized and vulnerable populations are not often discussed in the medical literature, particularly not in the context of transmissible diseases." "This article addresses ethical considerations that arose when one of us (J.M.A.) recently published the results of a study in Clinical Infectious Diseases that imply that undocumented persons are more likely to transmit tuberculosis than are documented foreign-born persons or persons born in...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-26)
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