Instructions:

1. Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Typhoid Mary - Low Bandwidth Version

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2. Ogden-Grable, H.C. and Watters, M.C. (2004). State-Mandated Licensure of Laboratory Personnel. Laboratory Medicine, 35(10), 595-598.
State-Mandated Licensure of Laboratory Personnel

3. Sox, H.C., et al. (2002). Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter. Annals of Internal Medicine, 136(3), 243-246.
Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium - A Physician Charter

Choose one of the listed topics for your initial posting:

1. Mary Mallon viewed herself as a model employee and was eager to return to her job as a cook despite being forbidden to by the health department.

What affect, if any, do you think Mary's ethnicity played in her professional behavior?

1. 1. Do you consider Mary's act as that of a "Professional" as defined by Sox?
   2. Comment on your views of individual versus societal rights when quarantining the sick.
2. After reading the Laboratory Medicine article on state licensure for CLS, summarize the pro and con arguments surrounding the licensure debate. What is the progress of state licensure legislation in your state? What is your opinion of state licensure for clinical laboratory professionals?