Healthcare workers infected with, blood-borne illnesses in Canada.
Healthcare workers infected with blood-borne illnesses present profound ethical and legal problems. While we seek to protect patients from threat and respect their right to bodily integrity and informed consent, we also recognize the right to privacy and the human rights interests of the infected worker to be free from discrimination.
Oswald
Tyler
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toswald@gmail.com
D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D002170:Canada; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009313:National Health Programs; D016273:Occupational Exposure