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.