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By Norman Daniels. 204 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995. $25. ISBN 0-19-505712-0.

The AIDS epidemic, since its inception in the early 1980s, has presented American society with a series of complex and often tragic ethical dilemmas. Debates on these issues have exposed raw nerves in our moral life. Often we have been faced with choices between what is perceived as "right" and what is perceived as "safe." We have faced serious conflicts between self-interest and the interests of the community. Do doctors have the right to refuse to treat patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because of the risks to themselves? Alternatively, do patients have a right to know the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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