AIDS--the Baragwanath experience. Part IV. Counselling and ethical issues.
This fourth part of the series describes the setting up of counselling for HIV-positive patients in response to the need at Baragwanath Hospital. Nurse counsellors were trained and supervised. The work, extending over 2 1/2 years, raised a number of issues for patient care and also for wider community education. Brief reference is made to pertinent ethical and cultural issues.
Allwood
C W
CW
Department of Psychiatry, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.
Friedland
I R
IR
Karstaedt
A S
AS
McIntyre
J A
JA
D003376:Counseling / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D013019:South Africa