Purpose: To ascertain how medical schools address several difficult policy issues regarding medical students and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), and to examine whether schools' policies differ according to the incidences of HIV in the schools' locations.
Method: Between January 5, 1990, and March 20, 1991, 15-minute telephone interviews were conducted with spokespersons (deans or other policymakers) at 42 U.S.