Confidentiality/Duty to report infectious diseases

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    Case and Commentary
    Dec 2007

    Communicable Disease and Immigration Fears

    Sonal S. Munsiff, MD
    Physicians must balance competing ethical concerns when undocumented immigrants need health care for a communicable disease.
    Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):799-805. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.ccas3-0712.
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    In the Literature
    Dec 2007

    Convincing Physicians to Report Communicable Diseases

    Sarah Lusk
    In a study of New York physicians' compliance with reporting of communicable diseases, surveyed physicians responded better to legal warnings than to requests that explained public health benefits.
    Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):811-813. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.jdsc1-0712.
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    State of the Art and Science
    Dec 2007

    Diagnosing and Managing Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    David Pitrak, MD
    Steps in diagnosing mycobacterial pulmonary tuberculosis and its management.
    Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(12):814-818. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.12.cprl1-0712.