Discrimination against providers and students with hepatitis B
A silent pattern of discrimination persists today in healthcare institutions in the United States, according to a number of hepatitis B experts and advocates. A number of doctors have been recently dismissed or threatened with dismissal when they were discovered to carry the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Infected medical and dental students have had their acceptances deferred or rescinded altogether. These are nefarious instances of defensive medicine, based on an …
