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Stresses on physicians treating AIDS.

Am Fam Physician. 1987 Jun;35(6):153-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89047066
Frierson RL; Lippmann SB; University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.

Abstract: Psychologic issues for physicians treating AIDS include feelings of helplessness, discomfort with alternative lifestyles, fear of contagion and grief. Physician reactions may include unnecessarily heroic medical interventions, avoidance of the patients' families, injudicious use of narcotics, unwillingness to involve patients' homosexual partners in treatment decisions, anger at hospital personnel and colleagues, refusal to supervise medical students on AIDS cases, despondency and even resignation from employment.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*THERAPY Adult Attitude of Health Personnel AIDS-Related Complex/THERAPY Fear Grief Human Life Style Middle Age Physicians/*PSYCHOLOGY Psychiatry Referral and Consultation *Stress, Psychological JOURNAL ARTICLE

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