HIV PATIENTS STILL STUNG BY STIGMA FROM HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS
February 19, 2008
February 19, 2008
BUFFALO, N.Y., Feb. 19 -- The University at Buffalo issued the following press release:
The doctor who wouldn't come into the patient's hospital room. The neurologist who avoided eye contact. The ambulance attendant who angrily threw her bloodied gloves into the street after learning the injured patient was HIV-positive.
These are reactions of some health-care personnel when faced with caring for persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) . . .
The doctor who wouldn't come into the patient's hospital room. The neurologist who avoided eye contact. The ambulance attendant who angrily threw her bloodied gloves into the street after learning the injured patient was HIV-positive.
These are reactions of some health-care personnel when faced with caring for persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) . . .