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- From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
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- Subject: Re: Can't Touch This
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:20:13 GMT
- References: <18NOV199213152219@rosie.uh.edu>
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- In article <18NOV199213152219@rosie.uh.edu> englhq@rosie.uh.edu (Franklet, Duane L.) writes:
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- >Was her experience the exception or the rule? In other words,
- >what percentage of surgeons do this type of screening? I'm not
- >interested in the ethics, pros and cons, etc.--we've seen
- >those discussions in this newsgroup. What I'm interested to know is
- >the percentage of Drs. who do actively screen out patients on this
- >basis. e.g. (Of the ten surgeons who work here, 1 won't see HIV
- >patients. Or 9 won't)
- >
- At our place most surgeons require the screening, but if positive
- will still do the surgery. They don protective gear that looks
- like a spacesuit to do it though. At least some of them do.
- This is for elective surgery only. Obviously in emergency
- surgery there isn't time to screen.
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