AIDS--the Baragwanath experience. Part IV. Counselling and ethical issues

This fourth part of the series describes the setting up of counselling for HIV-positive patients in response to the need at Baragwanath Hospital. Nurse counsellors were trained and supervised. The work, extending over 2 1/2 years, raised a number of issues for patient care and also for wider community education. Brief reference is made to pertinent ethical and cultural issues.