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- P E Graham and M Harel-Reviv.
- Sir Mortimer Davis Jewish General Hospital, Department of Dentistry, Montreal.
- J Can Dent Assoc. 1999 Jan 1;65(1):27-30.
AbstractThe U.S. Supreme Court confirms that an HIV-seropositive patient is a "handicapped" person even if totally asymptomatic. Hence, the patient is illegally discriminated against if a dentist consequently refuses to treat the person in the same manner in which he or she treats other patients. Canadian dental care providers should be aware of this decision, because it is reasonable to expect that the high-level Canadian courts and the Supreme Court of Canada would follow this U.S. Supreme Court decision. In addition, the U.S. judgment in effect supports judgments in recent Canadian lower court cases.
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