Social Consequences Of AIDS
Dublin Core
Title
Social Consequences Of AIDS
Implications for the AIDS Health Policy
Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for Patients with the AIDS
Subject
AIDS awareness
AIDS education
AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
HIV/AIDS
HIV-positive persons
HIV-positive gay men
Health care for LGBTQ+ people
Terminal care (AIDS)
LGBTQ+ discrimination
Description
Three articles from the Annals of Internal Medicine. Volume 103. Number 5. Dated November 1985. States that it is from the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Copyright: American College of Physicians, 1985. The American Association of Physicians for Human Rights is a national organisation of gay physicians that serves as an advocate in improving health care for gay men and lesbians.
First article (pp. 768-771) is entitled "Social Consequences of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome". By Brett J. Cassens, M.D., M.B.A.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. States that "[t]he purpose of this article is to increase awareness of the means in which societal attitudes and scientific pronouncements influence each other and affect persons with AIDS." Discusses the psychosocial aspects of AIDS, the stresses on gay men diagnosed with AIDS, the uncertainty of medical treatment, and confidentiality.
Second article (pp. 771-773) is entitled "Implications for the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome for Health Policy". By Edward N. Brandt, M.D., Ph.D.; Baltimore, Maryland. Discusses the health policy implications of AIDS in the United States, a detection and surveillance system for AIDS, response capability, public information, the role of health services, funding and patient care, and need for mechanisms.
Third articles (pp. 787-790) is entitled "Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome". By Robert Steinbrook M.D. et al. Discusses the ethical dilemmas in caring for patients with AIDS, current decisions-making guidelines, questions the futility of life-sustaining treatment for terminally ill patients with AIDS, and physician stress and anxiety from caring for patients with AIDS.
First article (pp. 768-771) is entitled "Social Consequences of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome". By Brett J. Cassens, M.D., M.B.A.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. States that "[t]he purpose of this article is to increase awareness of the means in which societal attitudes and scientific pronouncements influence each other and affect persons with AIDS." Discusses the psychosocial aspects of AIDS, the stresses on gay men diagnosed with AIDS, the uncertainty of medical treatment, and confidentiality.
Second article (pp. 771-773) is entitled "Implications for the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome for Health Policy". By Edward N. Brandt, M.D., Ph.D.; Baltimore, Maryland. Discusses the health policy implications of AIDS in the United States, a detection and surveillance system for AIDS, response capability, public information, the role of health services, funding and patient care, and need for mechanisms.
Third articles (pp. 787-790) is entitled "Ethical Dilemmas in Caring for Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome". By Robert Steinbrook M.D. et al. Discusses the ethical dilemmas in caring for patients with AIDS, current decisions-making guidelines, questions the futility of life-sustaining treatment for terminally ill patients with AIDS, and physician stress and anxiety from caring for patients with AIDS.
Creator
American College of Physicians
Source
Arthur Leahy Collection
Date
1985
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
articles (documents)
Identifier
2017.21.5.1.938
Coverage
1985
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Baltimore, Maryland
Citation
American College of Physicians, “Social Consequences Of AIDS,” Cork LGBT Archive, accessed May 12, 2024, https://corklgbtarchive.com/items/show/977.