Aids Alarm: A Case Study

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has made a wide impact not limited to those persons who have or are likely to contact it. A case history of a man with a near-delusional belief he had AIDS is presented to exemplify the individual issues that concern about AIDS may raise. Thorough exploration of the dynamic interplay of biological, psychological and social factors is recommended in each case before reassurance may be effective. Psychiatric consultation should assist in developing optimal intervention in each individual case.

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Ethics and AIDS: A Summary of the Law and a Critical Analysis of the Individual Physician's Ethical Duty to Treat

American Journal of Law & Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0098858800009990 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 16 (1-2) ◽

pp. 249-265

Keyword(s):

Potential Problem ◽

Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Health Care Needs ◽

Care Needs ◽

Ethical Duty ◽

Legal Duty ◽

The Individual ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency

Persons afflicted with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or its preceding medical conditions face a potential problem with assured access to basic threshold medical care. Subject to certain limitations, there is no guarantee that a physician will fulfill the health care needs of any population of patients. Individuals with AIDS, thus, have a considerable interest in the development of a duty on behalf of physicians to provide treatment. This Note first highlights the limits of the legal duty to treat. It then examines the theoretical impetus propelling an ethical duty to treat. The Note concludes that the grounds for imposing an ethical duty on physicians are too weak to support that result, but the creation of an AIDS-specific legal duty is a viable alternative.

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Natural History of Endemic Type D Retrovirus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Group-Housed Rhesus Monkeys2

JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ◽

10.1093/jnci/79.4.847 ◽

1987 ◽

Keyword(s):

Immune Deficiency ◽

Natural History ◽

Rhesus Monkeys ◽

Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Type D ◽

History Of ◽

Retrovirus Infection ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency

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Factitious AIDS in a Psychiatric Inpatient

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674378903400410 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 320-322 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

J. Arturo Silva ◽

Gregory B. Leong ◽

Robert Weinstock ◽

David J. Ready

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Inpatient ◽

Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Psychiatric Evaluation ◽

Factitious Disorder ◽

Medical Assessment ◽

Psychiatric Inpatient Unit ◽

Psychiatric Units ◽

History Of ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency

This article reports the case of a 28 year-old female presenting to a psychiatric inpatient unit with depression and a history of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Although medical assessment was negative for AIDS, psychiatric evaluation and psychological testing were consistent with a presentation of factitious disorder. This case illustrates the need to be on the alert for individuals admitted to psychiatric units who report they have AIDS or its related conditions.

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History of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Korea

Infection and Chemotherapy ◽

10.3947/ic.2020.52.2.234 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (2) ◽

pp. 234

Author(s):

June Myung Kim ◽

Nam Joong Kim ◽

Jun Yong Choi ◽

Bum Sik Chin

Keyword(s):

Immune Deficiency ◽

Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Deficiency Syndrome ◽

History Of ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency

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HIV-related malignancies

Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing ◽

10.1093/med/9780198701101.003.0032 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 427-432

Keyword(s):

Immune Deficiency ◽

Hiv Infection ◽

Immune Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Deficiency Syndrome ◽

Current Treatment ◽

Nursing Management ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

History Of ◽

Acquired Immune Deficiency

A brief overview of the history of the development of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in international populations is considered, before describing the current treatment with standard antiretroviral therapy (ART). The link between HIV infection and the development of cancers is discussed, along with the classification of tumours which define the development of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and those which do not define AIDS but remain more common in HIV-infected populations. The challenges of treating cancer in an immunosuppressed poulation are raised, and the importance of seeking expert opinion on this treatment is flagged. The chapter concludes with an overview of the nursing management of patients with both HIV infection and cancer, with particular regard to patient education, the adapting of standard oncological treatments to meet the needs of this population, and the management of patients who may be stigmatized by HIV infection.

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