Frierson R L, Lippmann S B
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
Am Fam Physician. 1987 Jun;35(6):153-9.
Psychologic issues for physicians treating AIDS include feelings of helplessness, discomfort with alternative lifestyles, fear of contagion and grief. Physician reactions may include unnecessarily heroic medical interventions, avoidance of the patients' families, injudicious use of narcotics, unwillingness to involve patients' homosexual partners in treatment decisions, anger at hospital personnel and colleagues, refusal to supervise medical students on AIDS cases, despondency and even resignation from employment.
治疗艾滋病的医生面临的心理问题包括无助感、对另类生活方式的不适、对传染的恐惧和悲伤。医生的反应可能包括不必要的过度医疗干预、回避患者家属、滥用麻醉药品、不愿让患者的同性恋伴侣参与治疗决策、对医院工作人员和同事发怒、拒绝指导医学生处理艾滋病病例、沮丧甚至辞职。
