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Document 0006
DOCN M9470006
TI The HIV-positive physician and disability insurance.
DT 9409
AU Lavely R; Department of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New
Haven,; Connecticut.
SO Ann Emerg Med. 1994 Jun;23(6):1355-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94256695
AB Occupational exposure to HIV is becoming a daily hazard in many
emergency departments. Emergency physicians who are protected by
disability insurance policies are likely to believe that if they are
unable to continue working because of HIV-positive status, their
disability policies will provide them with a source of income.
Unfortunately, analysis of case law regarding claims under disability
policies shows that the law is unlikely to consider an asymptomatic,
HIV-positive physician disabled for purposes of payments under
disability policies. Therefore, it is necessary for emergency physicians
to make sure this issue is resolved before buying and relying on a
disability policy so that an anticipated safety net will be operative
over the full range of hazards that emergency physicians face.
DE Data Collection Disability Evaluation Disabled/*LEGISLATION &
JURISPRUD *Emergency Medicine Human HIV Infections/*ECONOMICS
Insurance/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Medical Staff, Hospital/*LEGISLATION
& JURISPRUD Occupational Diseases/*ECONOMICS Organizational Policy
United States JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).