Grace E G, Cohen L A, Ward M A
Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland 21201.
J Natl Med Assoc. 1992 Aug;84(8):681-4.
A telephone survey of 1477 households in Maryland examined the public's attitudes toward physicians and the treatment of AIDS patients. The results indicated that most respondents (86%) want to know their physician's human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status and that 65% would change physicians if that physician had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Approximately 50% did not know if their doctor treated AIDS patients, but the majority (68%) responded they would not change doctors because they treated AIDS patients. Significant differences were found in respondents' opinions related to age and education. It was also found that the majority of respondents (57%) received their information about AIDS from the mass media and that very few received their information from medical or other health sources.
一项针对马里兰州1477户家庭的电话调查研究了公众对医生及艾滋病患者治疗的态度。结果显示，大多数受访者（86%）想知道他们的医生是否感染人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV），并且如果医生患有获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS），65%的受访者会更换医生。约50%的人不知道他们的医生是否治疗艾滋病患者，但大多数人（68%）回应称他们不会因为医生治疗艾滋病患者而更换医生。在受访者与年龄和教育相关的意见方面发现了显著差异。还发现大多数受访者（57%）从大众媒体获取有关艾滋病的信息，而很少有人从医学或其他健康渠道获取信息。
