Document 0068
 DOCN  M95B0068
 TI    Medical students in a time of HIV: education and the duty to treat.
 DT    9511
 AU    Post SG; Botkin JR; Headrick LA; Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of
       Medicine, Case Western; Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
 SO    Med Educ. 1995 Mar;29(2):128-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95349430
 AB    This article concerns medical education about the ethics of professional
       duties and treatment of HIV-infected patients. The issue at hand is not
       whether medical students have a duty to treat HIV-infected patients,
       since it is a matter of consensus that they do. Medical schools have
       reasserted that risks are inherent in medicine, and that medical school
       admission should be based on the willingness to accept some risks, in
       addition to intelligence and personal skills. Those who wish to avoid
       risks are free to enter other professions. While it is imperative to
       assert a duty to treat, this requires thoughtful explanation to match
       the understandably high anxiety levels of many medical students.
 DE    Ethics, Medical/*EDUCATION  Human  *HIV Infections/PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY
       *Refusal to Treat  *Students, Medical  United States  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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