AMA Code of Medical Ethics Opinions on Physicians with Infectious Diseases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15747263 |
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| Authors | AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 958-958 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.12.code1-0912 |
| PMID | 23207090 |
| OpenAlex | W4247115162 |
| Language | EN |
Opinion 9.13—Physicians and Infectious Diseases A physician who knows that he or she has an infectious disease, which if contracted by the patient would pose a significant risk to the patient, should not engage in any activity that creates a significant risk of transmission of that disease to the patient. The precautions taken to prevent the transmission of a contagious disease to a patient should be appropriate to the seriousness of the disease and must be particularly stringent in the case of a disease that is potentially fatal
Contagious disease · Disease · Disease transmission · Family medicine · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Intensive care medicine · Medical emergency · Pathology · Seriousness · Transmission (telecommunications · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Medicine · Virology
| Highly cited | No |
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