AJAT Likk “disgusted,"" pity," and" sorrowful" were some of the feelings expressed by nurses
toward clients. These feelings were not directed to the disease of their clients, but to the …

The purpose of this research was to study nurses' attitudes toward homosexuality and caring
for homosexual patients. The results reported in this article are a component of a larger …

Health care workers at risk for acquiring AIDS from their clients include all those whose work
involves more than casual contact with clients, contact with blood or other body fluids, and …

Attitudes and concerns about AIDS of 144 nursing personnel attending conferences on AIDS
in rural central Pennsylvania were assessed. Participants were knowledgeable about AIDS …

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

LSkkkk immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a serious disease epidemic unparalleled in
modern medicine. In the United States, 26,000 AIDS cases have been diagnosed since the …

With no effective medical treatment or vaccine for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) available now or in the near future, nursing can make the most difference by …

Nursing students (N= 124) voluntarily completed a questionnaire designed to measure
attitudes towards patients with AIDS. The questionnaire included one of two vignettes, a …

Some of the secondary psychological is-sues evoked by the AIDS population are attributed
to lifestyles frequently associated with AIDS, issues of homophobia, racial prejudice, and …

This article reports the results of a ten-question anonymous survey given to nurses at
Westchester County Medical Center in July 1983 and January 1984 concerning attitudes …