Attitudes of emergency medical service providers towards AIDS.
19 mobile, intensive care paramedics and 21 RNs scored similarly on Rotter's I-E scale and on a 15-item attitude inventory. Aware of dangers associated with treating people with AIDS, they do not want to change careers and, on the average, agree slightly that they treat AIDS patients like other patients.
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Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 08240.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*