Program directors’ attitudes towards residents’ care of patients who have AIDS
Journal of General Internal MedicinePublished 1 January 1991
Rodney A. Hayward, Richard L. Kravitz, Martin F. Shapiro
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Although program directors view education in AIDS ambulatory care as important, most do not believe that residents are adequately trained, many do not encourage residents’ assumption of primary care of AIDS patients, and residents usually have not provided such care in their programs.
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Although program directors view education in AIDS ambulatory care as important, most do not believe that residents are adequately trained, many do not encourage residents' assumption of primary care of AIDS patients, and residents usually have not provided such care in their programs. Strategies to augment residents' ambulatory experience in AIDS care are needed.
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