Loewy, Erich H. - In: Social Science & Medicine 22 (1986) 12, pp. 1363-1366
This article deals with the physician's fear of contagion using AIDS as a paradigm. It deals with this in four ways: (1) it examines the concepts of duty, fear and courage in their medical setting; (2) it deals with the historical aspects of the problem; (3) it analyzes the role of social...