In 1981, there were fewer than 100 confirmed.. and rumored. cases of" gay-related immune
deficiency," and the traditional helping professions had no response to. the fears and needs …

Page 1 Nurses and HIV Patients in New York City Transcending AIDS Peggy McGarrahan Page
2 Page 3 Transcending AIDS This One DDOK-8N2-96E7 Page 4 University of Pennsylvania …

Women's concerns regarding AIDS have been ignored or minimized by most writers and
AIDS educators. Although women may share many similarities with men in their reactions to …

Travelbee maintains that illness and suffer-ing are by their very nature spiritual encounters
as well as physical and emotional experiences. She notes that" the professional nurse …

When asked to contribute to this volume on HIV and women, I was a little reticent at first. I am
not an academician or researcher. I do not compute statistics or interpret their results. I am a …

Twenty nurses were interviewed about their experiences of caring exclusively for AIDS
patients. A qualitative analysis of the data revealed that group identity, social support, social …

One of the earliest memories of my childhood'is of going to a funeral home with my parents
to pay~ ur respects to the family of a woman who had died. In the course of the conversation …

Nursing Care The lodging of patients with AIDS as your guests: Page 1 Nursing Care The
lodging of patients with AIDS as your guests: Case studies are presented to discuss the role …

AIDS has become a global health problem for individuals, families and health care
providers. This disease has a tremendous impact on the physical and psychological well …

Methods The authors developed a 21-item questionnaire using a Likert scale. Nine items
addressed demographic information and 12 questions addressed knowledge of AIDS …