A very risky business. Medical professionals are demanding more effective AIDS protection for themselves.
Physicians, nurses and other health-care workers have always been willing to risk exposure to infectious diseases; it goes with the territory. But AIDS is in a grim category all by itself--a contagious illness that, so far, is almost always fatal. Today many health professionals no longer feel safe on the job--and they're demanding better protection for themselves.
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