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The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association recognizes the growing AIDS crisis as a crucial health problem involving the physician’s ethical responsibility to his patients and to society. The House of Delegates adopted Report YY (A-87) of the Board of Trustees which provides excellent guidance for a responsible public policy. As stated therein, AIDS patients are entitled to competent medical service with compassion anq respect for human dignity and to the safeguard of their confidences within the constraints of the law. Those persons who are afflicted with the disease or who are seropositive have the right to be free from discrimination.
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Imperato, P.J. (1989). Ethical issues involved in the growing AIDS crisis. In: Imperato, P.J. (eds) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0807-2_42
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