Ha K G, Cohen D J
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77005.
Tex Med. 1991 Mar;87(3):76-80.
Physicians have frequently been exposed to personal risk during the course of medical practice. This risk has been most obvious during the great communicable disease epidemics occurring in the past and is, of course, present also when medical care is provided during wartime. Recent public pronouncements of some physicians regarding their ethical responsibility in the care of patients with communicable diseases, particularly acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), have raised questions in the public mind as to the responsibilities of the medical profession. We reviewed the history of medicine to examine the traditional responsibilities of physicians in similar circumstances. Examples from our historical tradition should be of value to each physician and to society in determining the appropriate responsibilities of present-day physicians.
在医疗实践过程中，医生常常面临个人风险。这种风险在过去发生的重大传染病流行期间最为明显，当然，在战时提供医疗服务时也存在。最近，一些医生就其在照顾传染病患者，特别是获得性免疫缺陷综合征（艾滋病）患者方面的道德责任发表公开声明，这在公众心中引发了对医疗行业责任的质疑。我们回顾了医学史，以审视医生在类似情况下的传统责任。我们历史传统中的例子对于每位医生和社会确定当今医生的适当责任应该是有价值的。
