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

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