Document 0667
 DOCN  M95A0667
 TI    Doctors who discriminate are paying a steep price. 
 DT    9510
 SO    AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Apr 7;10(6):10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AIDS/95700293
 AB    Memorial Hospital and Charles Hull, MD, refused to admit an AIDS patient
       who had had an allergic reaction to a prescription drug. A Federal
       district court jury awarded the patient $512,000 in compensatory and
       punitive damages because the hospital had violated the Rehabilitation
       Act of 1973 which prohibits a Federally-funded health-care provider from
       discrimination based on disability. Later, the hospital was found to
       have also violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A Texas
       dental chain that had also refused to treat an HIV patient settled out
       of court to avoid facing a trial. This settlement was the first
       AIDS-related agreement with a dental service under the ADA.
 DE    *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome  *Liability, Legal  Ohio
       *Physicians  Prejudice  NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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