Document 0006
 DOCN  M9470006
 TI    The HIV-positive physician and disability insurance.
 DT    9409
 AU    Lavely R; Department of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New
       Haven,; Connecticut.
 SO    Ann Emerg Med. 1994 Jun;23(6):1355-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94256695
 AB    Occupational exposure to HIV is becoming a daily hazard in many
       emergency departments. Emergency physicians who are protected by
       disability insurance policies are likely to believe that if they are
       unable to continue working because of HIV-positive status, their
       disability policies will provide them with a source of income.
       Unfortunately, analysis of case law regarding claims under disability
       policies shows that the law is unlikely to consider an asymptomatic,
       HIV-positive physician disabled for purposes of payments under
       disability policies. Therefore, it is necessary for emergency physicians
       to make sure this issue is resolved before buying and relying on a
       disability policy so that an anticipated safety net will be operative
       over the full range of hazards that emergency physicians face.
 DE    Data Collection  Disability Evaluation  Disabled/*LEGISLATION &
       JURISPRUD  *Emergency Medicine  Human  HIV Infections/*ECONOMICS
       Insurance/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Medical Staff, Hospital/*LEGISLATION
       & JURISPRUD  Occupational Diseases/*ECONOMICS  Organizational Policy
       United States  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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