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Commentary: The Hiv-Positive Resident: Questions And More Questions, Marguerite Blythe, Md
Commentary: The Hiv-Positive Resident: Questions And More Questions, Marguerite Blythe, Md
Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
The resident physician who is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) faces unique problems. In addition to the difficulties caused by a chronic and lethal disease, HIV-infected physicians-in-training face ethical, educational and practical problems that are unique to the interplay between residency training and the infection.
To date, physicians who have been found to be infected with HIV have faced public discrimination, many with devastating results. Dr. Hacib Aoun, a Venezulean-born cardiologist who contracted AIDS from a boy with leukemia while he was a resident at Johns Hopkins, overcame rumors about how he had contracted the disease only to …
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Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry
DR. KRAMER COMMENTS ON PSYCHOACTIVITY OF CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS, CASE REPORTS, AND RESEARCH.