title: HIV and occupational health.
abstract: Although the occupational risks of HIV transmission in health care are minimal and levels of knowledge among health professionals are high, HIV-related anxiety is pervasive among workers in health care services. Occupational health and safety law is often used to justify unnecessarily rigorous precautions or discrimination. It is the psychological and cultural impact of HIV rather than its medical dimension that causes these concerns. Resolution of HIV-related anxiety and conflict requires that issues beyond infection control are addressed. Irrational fear, anxiety and prejudice are not less common among health professionals than in the community generally; they require attention in HIV-related educational programs.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tillett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006281:Health Occupations; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health