Surveys indicate physician reluctance to treat AIDS patients.
From the viewpoint of the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, a physician may not ethically refuse to treat a patient solely because the patient is infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Nonetheless, reports of recent surveys indicate that a sizable number of physicians are, in fact, refusing to care for HIV-infected patients.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003625:Data Collection; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D014481:United States