The content of ethical problems experienced by persons with AIDS
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M E Cameron1, P Crisham, D E Lewis
1School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to describe and examine the basic nature (essences) and content (subject-matter) of ethical problems involving AIDS that are experienced by persons with AIDS (PWAs). The participants were 25 PWAs and 5 significant others, the latter included to provide contextual understanding. During audiotaped interviews, the PWAs described 45 different ethical problems from which emerged a three-component basic nature and 10 content categories. This paper reports the content categories. The findings provide understanding of the content of PWAs' ethical problems and suggest the importance of ethical listening as an independent nursing intervention.
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