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Hospice education about people with AIDS as terminally ill patients: coping with a new epidemic of death.

Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 1995 Jan-Feb;12(1):25-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95209982
Dukes CS; Turpin BA; Atwood JR

Abstract: Hospice care for patients with AIDS often differs from care provided to patients with other terminal illnesses, such as cancer. We designed a seminar series to educate regional hospice staff about these differences and subsequently determined if the educational intervention was associated with improvements in their AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes, or behaviors toward patients with AIDS. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from seminar participants (n = 63) and a similar comparison group (n = 18) at several time points. Seminar participants significantly improved their AIDS-related behaviors (p.05); and there was a trend toward knowledge improvement. Qualitative data shed light on the quantitative findings. Participants verbalized better understanding of the relatively aggressive care often given to terminally ill patients with AIDS when it enhanced quality of life.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/NURSING/*PSYCHOLOGY Adaptation, Psychological Adult Caregivers/*EDUCATION/PSYCHOLOGY Female Hospice Care/MANPOWER/*PSYCHOLOGY Hospitals, Veterans Human Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Male North Carolina Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. CLINICAL TRIAL CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/nursing/KWDpsychologyadaptation,psychologicaladultcaregivers/KWDeducation/psychologyfemalehospicecare/manpower/KWDpsychologyhospitals,veteranshumanknowledge,attitudes,practicemalenorthcarolinasupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,non-pKWDhKWDsKWDclinicaltrialcontrolledclinicaltrialjournalarticle
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