Questionnaire On The Attitude Of Health Workers To Hiv Patients

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Attitudes to HIV and HIV Testing in High Prevalence Areas of China: Informing the Introduction of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Programmes

The researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey using self-completion questionnaires to assess knowledge of and attitudes toward HIV and HIV testing among health professionals and pregnant women in Yunnan Province in southwest China. The goal of... Read more »

Worldwide, Health Care Workers Are Often Sources of HIV Stigma and Discrimination, Report Says

Combating HIV stigma is no easy feat. More than 25 years into the HIV pandemic, it's a problem that is still prevalent around the world. And as a recent report outlines in vivid detail, even health care settings are rife with HIV stigma and... Read more »

One-Third of Philippine HIV Patients Are Overseas Filipino Workers: Report

One out of every three Filipinos with HIV is an overseas worker, according to a recent government report. The study by the Philippine Department of Health said most of these are believed to be sailors or domestic workers. Overseas workers account... Read more »

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Ethics on Health Care Worker disclosing patients HIV status

Can a health care worker disclose the status of clients HIV status to a third person, to protect that person from harm?...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Only one class of health care worker can disclose a person's HIV status to a third party to my knowledge, and that is the treating MD. The law varies by state, so make sure you know the law in your state. In most states, the only person to whom... Read more »

Would this be an acceptable way to get through the job health questionnaire?

Hello, I am going to a new job and I'd like to not have to disclose my HIV to my employers. I will to the insurance company, but I don't want my employers to know. I will be working in a hospital, but will be in the lab with no patient...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Yes. You have every reason to be concerned about discrimination, which is apparently becoming fashionable again in some quarters. I encourage you to obtain that letter from your doc. This is the solution we most often recommend. Note: if your doc... Read more »

I put that I was HIV positive on the group health insurance questionnaire and then I got fired!

I was hired by a local property management firm on July 12 as a Property Manager. On September 1st the owners wife and bookkeeper gave me a health insurance form to complete which led me to believe that I would be with the company long term. On...

Response from Christa Douaihy, Esq.

Member, City of NY Bar Association Committee on AIDS

Dear Writer, Thank you for writing into www.thebody.com.Based on your short recitation of the facts you may have a credible federal claim of employment discrimination based on disability (HIV+) if 1) you can amply demonstrate the causal nexus... Read more »

HIV Positive Health Care Workers

What is the law/ethical responsibilty of health care workers to reveal their HIV status to patients they are taking care of. I have heard that physicians are required to tell their patients if they are HIV +. Does the same apply to nurses, medical...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

Laws vary from state to state, and generally local hospital boards have jurisdiction over these matters. Please remember that HIV is not easy to transmit. It requires direct contact between one of the four infectious fluids--blood, semen, vaginal... Read more »

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i am a health care worker...

Posted by Anonymous

I am a health care worker in Baltimore. Every other patient that
I come into contact with in my clinic is an HIV or AIDS patient.
I would like everyone who has this disease to know that I pray
for a cure everyday, and do my best to help those who... Read more »

Attitudes on HIV Drugs Revealed

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Michael Carter

Lipodystrophy too high a price for two years of extra life, say patients

The majority of HIV-positive Californians would be prepared to have their life expectancy shortened by over two years if it meant avoiding the disfigurement of... Read more »

HIV Attitudes

Posted by matthewAZ, 1 Reply

I have been learning to live well with HIV for the past three years and I have determined that attitude and perspective are vital to doing well. I once thought that I was going to die and I did very poorly, in health, in social circumstances, in... Read more »

Attitudes towards HIV and aids

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

Hi,
I am a student at Fordham and our professor gave us a research project concerning "The attitudes towards HIV/AIDS.
We are to find a research problem and a research question.
I would like to ask all of you, as to what do you think my research... Read more »

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