Attitudes to AIDS (Survey of Doctors)

Effects of AIDS on the doctor-patient relationship.

Topics: Experience with HIV-infected people or with AIDS patients both
within and outside of the office as well as after normal hours; number
of people with HIV treated and number of HIV antibody tests conducted;
number of HIV-positive and HIV-negative test results; psychological and
social problems of HIV-infected people and people suffering from AIDS;
motivation for HIV/AIDS patients to visit the doctor; judgement on the
risk of HIV infection in the practice of the medical profession;
protective measures in the doctor´s office; reasons to recommend an
HIV-antibody test; importance and most opportune time for measures
accompanying the HIV-test (scale); personal attitude to the HIV-test;
reporting the test results to the patient in person or by phone;
assessment of the training status of doctors regarding the treatment of
those infected with HIV or sick with AIDS; sources of information about
HIV and AIDS; desired form of public discussion on the topic of AIDS;
attitude to health policy measures in the area of combating AIDS
(scale); knowledge of and judgement on the work of selected
institutions in Cologne, which are active in the area of combating
AIDS; evaluation of personal role as a doctor relative to dealing with
HIV and AIDS patients as well as personal expectations of these
patients; year of licensing to practice medicine and duration of time
active practicing field of specialization.

Additionally encoded were: week of response; anonymous vs.
non-anonymous response.