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Subject: Re: (2762) Physician Attitudes
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Date: 27 Nov 90 17:19:13 GMT
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On Tue, 27 Nov 90 06:57:19 pst Support Account for SCI.MED.AIDS said:
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>I fear that since these findings are being reported so matter-of-factly in the
>lay press, the problem is probably much worse in the real world. I thought
>that we had progressed beyond that stage.
>

This is not what should happen, but it is what IS happening.  Until
many people know someone personally who contracts AIDS, I would
presume the current attitudes will continue.

Besides, consider the contradictory nature of medical professionals.
How many physicians can look you in the eye and tell you to quit smoking,
eat right, and exercise, yet do otherwise themselves?

Was that the Hypocritic Oath they take?