Document 0653
 DOCN  M9550653
 TI    HIV and AIDS. Legal and ethical issues in the emergency department.
 DT    9505
 AU    Derse AR; Center for the Study of Bioethics, Medical College of
       Wisconsin,; Milwaukee.
 SO    Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1995 Feb;13(1):213-23. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/95154219
 AB    The treatment of individuals infected with HIV in the emergency
       department presents difficult and unique medical, social, legal, and
       ethical issues. These issues include: (1) informed consent for testing
       for HIV status, (2) mandatory testing of patients for HIV, (3)
       confidentiality of patients infected with HIV, (4) the duty to treat
       individuals infected with HIV, and (5) issues concerning health care
       workers infected with HIV.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*THERAPY  AIDS Serodiagnosis
       Confidentiality/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Disease Transmission,
       Professional-to-Patient/PREVENTION &  CONTROL  Emergency Service,
       Hospital/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  *Ethics, Medical  Human  HIV
       Infections/*THERAPY  Informed Consent/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD
       *Jurisprudence  United States  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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