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Ethical Rolc of Neurologists io AIDS Epidcmic
Furthermore, as ocurologists wc rccognizc thc spccial cootriburion wc can orakc b}r
1) Developing and maintaiaing cxgrcrtise in tbc recognitioo aad trcalocot of the
ocurologiel oanifcstatioos of HfV discasc and cducating noo-ucurolosists i! thcsc
auea5.
2) Dcvclopi.ug and promulgating an appropriatc awarcncss of tbc diagnosric implicatioas of
dcmcntia in AIDS Paticnts ard of thc othcr ncurological complicaiions of FilV infcctior.
3) A!af)|ri!8 sooc of tlc bchaviora.l aad subjcctivc maaifcstatious of AIDS so that rhcy
may bc propcrly managcd as cithcr signs and syoptoms of orgaaic involvcmcqt or
enotioDal responsas to tbc illness.
4) Accuratcly advisiag- about prognosis in paricnts witb lcrvous s).,tc' iDvorvemc[t -
neither promotiog falsc hope oor fostcring tberapeutic nibilism.
5) npplyiry spccial knowlcdgc a-sd cxpcrisncc that ocurologiss may havc ir thc
haragemetrt of acutc aad cbronic pair in the scttiDg HMiseasc.
6) Dcvcloping and oaintaining appropriatc educarionar progra^s at rhc mcdica.l school,
rcsidcocy, and post-graduatc lcvcls conccruing thc ncuroiogy of HIV discase.
Notc: Thc abovc is iltcndcd ro servc- as aD iDtcrin rcport. Thc Amcrican Academy
curc'tly
of Ncurologr
studyiDg
is
thc issuc of tcsting bca.lth-carc workcrs aod othcr rssucs that
i.Eportancc.
bavc rcccrtly gaincd
AdditioDal statctncDts arc fortbcohing,
This statcmcnt is providcd os an cdltcationor savicc of thc Amcican Acodcmy or Ncumro&,.
on sn assessment
h k b'SCd
of curent scientilc and clinicat infimution. It is nor inrcndci
prcper
to incfultk all posibtc
methodt of can lor o panicurar ncumrogicat poblez.r or ar! legitimate uireria
spccifc proccdun. for choosin'g o use a
Ncither is it in,ldcd to drua"'^y n*onobr, ajtcmatiw neniaougics.
rccognizes
hrthar
in
spccifc paticnt care -dccitio^s { \ nnuati"e of the paticnt and ae pn}sician
the paticng iig yo,
bated on all of the circLmstancc, involvad-
(Copyrigbt 1991 - Ancrica! Acadcuy of Ncurologr)
'Thc Erhics aud Humanidcs subcoEEitlcc is gratcfrrl to Dr. Richard Foa wbo &aftcd this repon.
This slatemcDt has bccn published ia Ncuroloqv as shoqn bclov. pubtishcd vcrsion uray iacludc minor
cditorial cbanges.
A.Eerica! Acadcmy of Ncur-ologr. Rcport of thc AEcrica! Acadcuy of Ncurologr oo thc
ctbical rolc of oeurologists ia rbc AIDS cpidcmic. Ncurolow 1992;42;lll6_tll7.
Approvcd EHSC 05/91
Approvcd PC 06/91
Approvcd EB 09191
Ethics 8rd Humsnttlcs SubcoDElttcc:
Ronald Cranford. M.D. - Chair
Janes L. Bcrnat. M.D.
Maynard M. Cohcn, M.D.
Jobl R. Dclfs. M.D.
David Jackson, M.D.
(3tue3\
H. Richard Bcrcsfor4 M-D.
Gastouc Cclcsia" MJ).
John P. Conomy, M-D.
Richard P. Foa, M-D.
Alison Wicbna4 M.D.