Bauman L J, Aberth J
Health Educ Q. 1986 Winter;13(4):395-406. doi: 10.1177/109019818601300410.
As the number of cases of AIDS increases, more and more companies will have to decide how to handle employees with AIDS and those at high risk. AIDS creates medical, legal, and ethical issues in the workplace, all of which are emotional and complex; managers need expert assistance to guide their decision-making and policy development. This article identifies various dimensions of the AIDS-related issues emerging in corporations nationwide, including: confidentiality, the right of patients to work, benefits and insurance, HTLV-III screening, fears of contagion among workers, needs of companies to avoid financial and legal exposure, and effects on worker productivity. Health educators are in a unique position to contribute to the satisfactory resolution of AIDS-related problems in the workplace through their training and experience in education, policy development and the relevant legal and ethical issues in the health care field. However, they will have to initiate discussions with corporation executives themselves in order to reach this most important audience.
随着艾滋病病例数量的增加，越来越多的公司将不得不决定如何对待患有艾滋病的员工以及那些高危人群。艾滋病在工作场所引发了医疗、法律和伦理问题，所有这些问题都很情绪化且复杂；管理人员需要专家协助来指导他们的决策和政策制定。本文指出了全国各公司中出现的与艾滋病相关问题的各个方面，包括：保密、患者的工作权利、福利和保险、HTLV-III检测、员工对传染的恐惧、公司避免财务和法律风险的需求以及对员工生产力的影响。健康教育工作者凭借他们在教育、政策制定以及医疗保健领域相关法律和伦理问题方面的培训和经验，在圆满解决工作场所与艾滋病相关的问题上具有独特的作用。然而，为了接触到这一最重要的受众群体，他们将不得不主动与公司高管展开讨论。
