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CMAJ. 1996 Mar 15;154(6):915-6.
As society grapples with contemporary moral questions raised by the barring of HIV-infected people from jobs and even crossing some national borders, it is probably useful to re-examine the case of Typhoid Mary. The case of Mary Mallon shows how an earlier age resolved the conflict that arises when society's right to protect itself from unnecessary exposure to disease impinges on the liberty of individual citizens.
当社会努力应对因禁止艾滋病毒感染者就业甚至跨越一些国界而引发的当代道德问题时,重新审视“伤寒玛丽”的案例可能会有所帮助。玛丽·马伦的案例展示了一个较早时代是如何解决当社会保护自身免受不必要疾病暴露的权利侵犯公民个人自由时所产生的冲突的。