Document 0145 DOCN M9620145 TI Bloodborne pathogen transmission from healthcare worker to patients. Legal issues and provider perspectives. DT 9602 AU Rhodes RS; Telford GL; Hierholzer WJ Jr; Barnes M; Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center,; Jackson 39216-4505, USA. SO Surg Clin North Am. 1995 Dec;75(6):1205-17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96071867 AB Health-care providers have an obvious, primary obligation to patients. Yet providers also have obligations to the public health (society), their institutional or individual self-interests, and their employees (fellow health-care workers). These obligations contain inherent conflicts, and attempts to reconcile the conflicts often perpetuate contradictions. This article identifies and discusses some of the moral and legal bases of these conflicts. DE *Blood-Borne Pathogens Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Health Personnel/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Human HIV Infections/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Informed Consent/LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD Liability, Legal Morals Risk Factors United States JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).