[sci.med.aids] Physician Attitudes

Harvey.Wyche@f15.n11.z1.fidonet.org (Harvey Wyche) (11/27/90)

I just finished reading an article that reported on a recent study that showed 
that many doctors have strong negative feelings about AIDS patients and that 
their attitudes are affecting their willingness to treat gay males with AIDS.
 
This means that some health care professionals' biases about AIDS patients and 
their sexual orientation could be affecting who gets treated and who doesn't.
 
I fear that since these findings are being reported so matter-of-factly in the 
lay press, the problem is probably much worse in the real world. I thought 
that we had progressed beyond that stage.
 
Harvey...

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