HIV and ID Observations

An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
all matters medical, and some not so medical.

Posts Tagged ‘Contagious’

May 13th, 2009

Working While Contagious: Why Do We Do This?

File this under, “physicians behaving badly”:  The nearly universal MD practice of going to work while sick. The ironic thing is we think we’re being selfless — after all, if we don’t show up, our patients will need to be rescheduled, or someone will need to cover, or some administrative/teaching task will not get done — […]

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