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Article: American Medical Association praises the U.S. Supreme Court decision that medical judgments should govern decisions by employers regarding handicapped persons with communicable diseases.
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- March 3, 1987
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CHICAGO, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Medical Association (AMA) is extremely pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court today, in School Board of Nassau County vs. Arline, held that individualized, reasonable medical judgments and not fear, prejudice and stereotypes should govern decisions by employers with regard to handicapped persons with communicable diseases.
"We are gratified that the court expressly adopted the test put forward by the AMA in its friend of the court brief with regard to whether handicapped persons are 'otherwise qualified' for employment and thus ...