Title
Legal and Ethical Issues - Confidentiality, Testing, Right to Know
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 1991
Abstract
A review of the sorts of risks that practising surgeons can face today in operating on HIV patients or in dealing with those with hepatitis and other, life-threatening diseases. There is a overview of infectious diseases, the risks they present and a set of recommended precautions.
Recommended Citation
Donald H.J. Hermann, Legal and Ethical Issues - Confidentiality, Testing, Right to Know, in Infectious Risks to Surgery (Richard Howard ed., Appleton & Lange, 1991)