Document 1942
 DOCN  M94A1942
 TI    Postmortem liability of a physician with AIDS.
 DT    9412
 AU    Perry E; Lutz B; Mogabgab W; New Orleans Health Department.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):416 (abstract no. PD0273). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370633
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To survey legal actions filed against the succession of a
       practicing physician who subsequently died of AIDS. METHOD: Using court
       records we review five lawsuits against the succession of a New Orleans
       physician who died in 1992. FINDINGS: A deceased hematologist performed
       bone marrow transplantations until shortly before he died. All
       transplant patients and donors apparently remain HIV negative. Those who
       filed suit against his estate claim mental problems, inability to obtain
       disability insurance, and fear of long term and unknown consequences
       from potential HIV exposure. CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS: 1. Health care
       professionals positive for HIV face many unique problems including
       lawsuits that can delay distribution of an estate. 2. Until clearcut
       legal precedent denies litigation based on speculation and insignificant
       risk, HIV positive health care workers carry yet another potential
       burden--unwarranted, expensive and time consuming litigation to the
       grave and beyond.
 DE    *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome  Bone Marrow
       Transplantation/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Case Report  Human  HIV
       Seronegativity  *HIV Seropositivity  Insurance, Liability/LEGISLATION &
       JURISPRUD  Louisiana  Male  Malpractice/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD
       Physicians/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Tissue Donors/LEGISLATION &
       JURISPRUD  MEETING ABSTRACT

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