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To the Editor: Annas discusses a U.S. Supreme Court decision (Oct. 22 issue)¹ that interprets the Americans with Disabilities Act as applied to a dentist, Randon Bragdon, who refused to fill a cavity in a patient who was positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in his office; according to the Court, his refusal is permissible provided he proves the procedure "poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others." The case was subsequently remanded, and Annas expects Bragdon to fail because the risk is "extremely low," but he does not say what "extremely low" means in objective, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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