Doctors Who Treat AIDS Support Each Other

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Doctors Who Treat AIDS Support Each Other

American Medical News (12/11/95) Vol. 38, No. 46, P. 28

Eight Dallas doctors have established a support group to help them deal with the stress of treating dying patients. "If I didn't have this group, I do think that I may not have been able to stay involved with treating AIDS patients as long as I have," says Dr. Brady Allen, who has seen 300 people die from AIDS-related causes. Psychologist Stacy Broun explains that the group helps its patients deal with the large number of deaths, as well as the extreme pain many patients experience and the social stigma surrounding the disease. Co-leader Angela Kavas notes that the group gives the doctors a necessary forum in which to discuss their fears, anger, and frustration.

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