RSS Feeds
The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- HEALTH AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE*
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; and the INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICA; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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In 1986, the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America jointly published a policy statement on the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (1). The statement that follows expands and updates the previous one, based on knowledge and experience gained in the last 2 years, evolution of professional and public attitudes and beliefs, and recognition of unmet needs. Particular issues emphasized include an explicit acknowledgment of the ethical imperative to care for all patients; recognition of the low but definite risk for transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the health care setting and of the need for
Article and Author Information
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↵* This paper was authored by Theodore C. Eickhoff, M.D., and was developed for the Health and Public Policy Committee and the Infectious Diseases Society of America by the Health Promotion Subcommittee: Charles E. Lewis, M.D., Chairman; Frank M. Calia, M.D.; Edward W. Hook, M.D.; Willis C. Maddrey, M.D.; Robert H. Rubin, M.D.; Lynn B. Tepley, M.D. Members of the Health and Public Policy Committee for the 1987/1988 term include Richard G. Farmer, M.D., Chairman; F. Daniel Duffy, M.D.; Donald L. Feinstein, M.D.; Paul F. Griner, M.D.; Joseph E. Johnson III, M.D.; Charles E. Lewis, M.D.; C. S. Lewis, Jr., M.D.; Michael A. Nevins, M.D.; Steven A. Schroeder, M.D.; Quentin D. Young, M.D. Members of the Council of the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the 1987 to 1988 term include Jack S. Remington, M.D., President; Vincent T. Andriole, M.D.; Herbert L. DuPont, M.D.; David J. Drutz, M.D.; Pierce Gardner, M.D.; King K. Holmes, M.D.; Richard B. Hornick, M.D.; Calvin M. Kunin, M.D.; Robert C. Moellering, Jr., M.D.; Merle A. Sande, M.D.; P. Frederick Sparling, M.D. Principal staff support was provided by Linda Johnson White. This position paper was adopted by the Council of the Infectious Diseases Society of America on 28 December 1987 and by the Board of Regents on 15 January 1988.
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▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Linda Johnson White, Director; Department of Scientific Policy, American College of Physicians, 4200 Pine Street; Philadelphia, PA 19104.
- © 1988 American College of Physicians
