Ethical Responsibility to Treat
Physicians may not ethically refuse to treat a patient whose condition is
within that physician's realm of competence solely because the patient is
HIV seropositive. (Res 25, A-87; JC 2.18-87) (Reaffirmed A-23)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services