Research Catalog

Title

Positive carers : the rights and responsibilities of HIV positive health care workers / Paul Mayho.

Author

Mayho, Paul.

Publication

London ; New York, NY : Cassell, [1996], ©1996.

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Description

xii, 132 pages; 26 cm

Summary

• The role of the media is generating unnecessary fear is documented and analysed in relation to public attitudes. There is a useful detailed proposal for local policy on the management of HIV-infected workers, as well as a summary of the current Department of Health guidelines. Positive Carers provides a better understanding of the predicament of HIV-infected health care workers. It is an essential reference for professionals, managers, students and journalists.
• There is not one positively identified case in Britain of an HIV-infected health care worker transmitting HIV to a patient, yet much fear surrounds the HIV positive care worker. Positive Carers examines the responsibilities and rights of the individual, health care management and government agencies. Case studies provide a vivid framework for a discussion of the practicality of continuing employment after diagnosis and explores the dilemmas workers may face.

Subject

• Ethics, Medical
• HIV Infections > prevention & control
• HIV Seropositivity > psychology
• HIV-positive persons > Great Britain
• HIV-positive persons > Law and legislation > Great Britain
• Health Personnel
• Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient > prevention & control
• Medical personnel > Diseases > Great Britain
• Medical personnel > Health and hygiene > Great Britain
• Medical personnel > Law and legislation > Great Britain

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Rights and responsibilities -- Introduction: HIV in the health care setting. 1. Issues and ethical implications. 2. Fundamentals. 3. Risk and related issues. 4. Rights and the HIV-positive health care worker. 5. Positive solutions: a nationwide project -- Pt. 2. Attitudes and their consequences -- Introduction: attitudes and their consequences. 6. Portrayal of HIV-positive health care workers by the British press. 7. Comments about HIV-positive health care workers. 8. Four case histories of HIV-positive health care workers. 9. Conclusion. 10. Notes for further research. App. A. Department of Health Guidance on the Management of HIV-Infected Health Care Workers -- App. B. UKCC Position Statement on HIV-infected Health Care Workers -- App. C. UKCC Code of Professional Conduct -- App. D. UK Advisory Panel for Health Care Workers Infected with Blood-borne Viruses General Counter Infection Measures for the Clinical Setting.

ISBN

• 0304332755
• 0304332771 (pbk.)

LCCN

96166160

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries