title: AIDS--the Baragwanath experience. Part IV. Counselling and ethical issues.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Allwood
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Friedland
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Karstaedt
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McIntyre
mesh_terms: 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