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AIDS and hospitals: the policy options
1East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858.
Hospital & Health Services Administration
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
This article examines several policy decisions faced by American hospitals as they respond to the current AIDS epidemic. The article reviews the basic moral responsibilities of the hospital, the health care needs of HIV-positive and AIDS patients, and the risk of acquiring HIV infection in the hospital setting. It examines the hospital's responsibility to care for AIDS and HIV-positive patients, AIDS infection-control practices, and hospital policy regarding HIV-positive health care professionals.