The psychosocial needs of people with HIV and AIDS: a view from nurse educators and counsellors.
AIDS is an increasingly urgent issue for clinical nurses, managers and for nurse educators. This paper describes the analysis of part of a set of interviews with a purposive sample of 21 AIDS counsellors, nurse educators and other health care workers. In particular, response to the question: 'What are the psychosocial needs of the person diagnosed as HIV-positive or who has AIDS?' are discussed. The paper begins with a brief description of the study and then offers a more detailed description of the method of analysis used to obtain the findings. These are then reported within 16 categories. Psychosocial problems identified included issues of emotion, acceptance, a variety of fears, stigma, issues relating to insurance and travel, health care facilities and the attitudes of the Church.
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University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015399:Nursing Research; D011287:Prejudice; D012918:Social Alienation