This is a review of the sorts of risks that practising surgeons can face today in operating on HIV patients or in dealing with those with hepatitis and other, life-threatening diseases. There is a overview of infectious diseases, the risks they present and a set of recommended precautions which have been validated by the Centre for Disease Control. There is also a section which deals with the ethical issues that surgeons can find themselves facing.
| ISBN-13: | 9780838540282 |
| ISBN-10: | 0838540287 |
| Publisher: | Appleton & Lange |
| Publication date: | 1991 |
| Pages: | 294 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 9.75 Inches, Length: 7.25 Inches, Weight: 1.41757234466 Pounds, Width: 0.75 Inches |
| Author: | Howard, Richard J. |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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