Document 0606
 DOCN  M94A0606
 TI    Design and implementation of a program to educate doctors and health
       care providers about living with HIV/AIDS by people living with
       HIV/AIDS.
 DT    9412
 AU    Hillier J; McKenzie J; Victorian AIDS Council, Collingwood, Aus.
 SO    Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:82 (poster no. 17).
       Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349049
 AB    OBJECTIVES: To increase the awareness of doctors and health care
       providers about living with HIV/AIDS through the personal experiences of
       People Living With HIV/AIDS. METHODS: People with HIV/AIDS discuss their
       personal experiences with groups of doctors and other health care
       providers to convey appropriate and inappropriate ways of treating and
       relating to patients with the virus. Discussions show human sides to
       HIV/AIDS and educate doctors and health care providers about services
       that People Living with HIV or AIDS find beneficial. RESULTS: Evaluation
       sheets completed by doctors and health care providers demonstrate that
       they are more sensitive to the needs of People Living With HIV/AIDS and,
       therefore, are able to provide better quality of care. CONCLUSION: By
       articulating their needs and showing human sides to HIV/AIDS, people
       living with the virus are able to educate doctors and health care
       providers about appropriate and inappropriate ways of treating and
       liaising with People with HIV or AIDS.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Attitude of Health
       Personnel  *Education, Medical, Continuing  Human  HIV
       Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY  Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Patient Care
       Team  *Physician-Patient Relations  Quality Assurance, Health Care
       *Sick Role  MEETING ABSTRACT

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