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Document 0366
DOCN M9650366
TI Tuberculosis and AIDS: the impact on the hospital social worker.
DT 9605
AU Wade K; Stein E; Beckerman N
SO Soc Work Health Care. 1995;21(3):29-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96131844
AB The second decade of the AIDS epidemic is marked by increasing numbers
of people being diagnosed with HIV infection as well as mycobacterium
infection (pulmonary tuberculosis). The convergence of these two
epidemics presents new challenges for social workers. Serious threat of
HIV infection from occupational exposure was diminished by the knowledge
of roots of disease transmission. TB, on the other hand, is an airborne
infectious disease. Social workers working with patients over long
periods of time in confined spaces can be at risk for contracting TB.
Hospital social workers must struggle and advocate for full information
regarding the incidence of risk and risk precaution. They must find ways
of coping with their own emotional responses to the resurgence of TB and
their own fear of exposure to avoid physical and emotional withdrawal
from their HIV infected patients. This paper will address the unique
impact on the worker's personal safety, the impact on the therapeutic
relationship with the patient, and provide action steps for workers
facing these challenges.
DE Attitude of Health Personnel AIDS-Related Opportunistic
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION *Disease
Transmission, Patient-to-Professional Human Occupational
Diseases/ETIOLOGY/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY Professional-Patient
Relations Risk Factors *Social Work Tuberculosis,
Pulmonary/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/ TRANSMISSION Universal
Precautions JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).