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Doctors' and Nurses' Knowledge and
Attitudes
http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/colombo.htm
From a social perspective, AIDS
(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) revives longstanding issues about
the relationships between health care professionals and their patients.
A particular issue is the willingness of physicians and nurses to treat
people with a contagious, fatal, and stigmatized disease.
Colombotos, J., Messeri, P.,
McConnell, M.B., et al.: Physicians, Nurses, and AIDS: Findings From
a National Study. Grant No. 5 R01 HS06359.
This report presents responses to
AIDS-related questions from a national sample of 958 physicians and
1,520 registered nurses in 1990-91. Questions included willingness to
treat AIDS patients and whether they believe that they were
professionally obligated and should be legally required to do so,
attitudes toward homosexual men and intravenous drug users, knowledge
about HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) transmission, perceptions of
the risk of HIV contagion, precautionary practices, trust in HIV
authorities, career plans, and attitudes toward mandatory testing and
mandatory reporting. Physicians' and nurses' responses were compared
nationally. Comparisons were also made based on the AIDS prevalence in
different parts of the country.
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