{"title":"AIDS counseling on the front lines.","authors":"C Pollard","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Skill at patient education is crucial to the battle against the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The fight is not confined to one segment of society or to a few geographic areas. Counseling patients at risk about HIV-antibody (HIV-Ab) testing requires a full understanding of the available tests; a psychosocial profile of the patient; candid, nonjudgmental exchanges between patient and clinician; and an ability to deal with significant emotional stress. All PAs should use their talents at patient education to help contain HIV infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":79709,"journal":{"name":"Physician assistant (American Academy of Physician Assistants)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physician assistant (American Academy of Physician Assistants)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Skill at patient education is crucial to the battle against the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The fight is not confined to one segment of society or to a few geographic areas. Counseling patients at risk about HIV-antibody (HIV-Ab) testing requires a full understanding of the available tests; a psychosocial profile of the patient; candid, nonjudgmental exchanges between patient and clinician; and an ability to deal with significant emotional stress. All PAs should use their talents at patient education to help contain HIV infection.