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Mahdi Tabrizizadeh, Narges Mirjalil, Nooshin Islampoor ,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (7-2011)
Abstract
In the past generations and throughout the history of dentistry, horrific and deadly epidemics of the diseases transmitted through blood have not been a concern for those in the dental care profession. This has been due to the success of this profession in maintaining the oral health of patients. Questions such as whether dental treatments can potentially spread HIV and AIDS have therefore not been discussed extensively, and there seems to be a shortage of reference for dentists to find comprehensive and accurate answers to these questions.
As a matter of fact, several generations of dentists, and health care providers in general, have continued to perform their duties despite the possibility that they could be exposing their patients to a deadly infection, and have not even apprehended a fatal pandemic. Consequently, it is not surprising that the professional norms that today’s dentists were educated on during their training years should fail to give clear answers to their questions regarding AIDS and HIV nowadays. The present paper will cover this issue in connection to HIV positive patients from the ethical and professional point of view.
Hossein Mahmoodian, Haseli Sara,
Volume 11, Issue 0 (3-2018)
Abstract
Ethical approach is one of the most important features of medical staffs expected to be used. One of the most important diseases that have been allocated to high moral challenges is HIV/AIDS. Nurses should provide standard care to these patients in their professional careers. In this descriptive study, 136 nurses working in the internal and surgical wards of one of the hospitals in Shiraz were selected through a cross-sectional questionnaire in 2015.Frequency of compliance with ethical values of nurses toward HIV/AIDS patients within various aspects showed that in total 40.4% of nurses in the observance of moral values has unsatisfactory performance, 33.1% relatively good performance and 26.5% has optimal performance. (P-value: 0.018)The mean score of different dimensions to separate parts of questionnaire showed no significant difference in dealing with AIDS patients among nurses according to different ages, sex and working years. The mean score of the separation of education in the respect of client/patient and keep his human dignity significantly differ between Diploma, B.S and M.S. Findings showed poor compliance with ethical code among nurses toward HIV/AIDS patients. Due to importance of ethical approach towards patients especially this vulnerable group of patients, regular educational program in relation to AIDS patients, in order to improve the quality of services, is recommended.
Nahid Khademi, Fariba Asghari,
Volume 15, Issue 1 (3-2022)
Abstract
Confidentiality in AIDS patients is one of the necessities of medical ethics, which has attracted the attention of policymakers in the health field in the last few decades because, on the one hand, it increases the trust between patients and doctors. On the other hand, it encourages them to adhere to treatment and do necessary care to patients in order to prevent the transmission of the disease to others. However, it may lead to a breach of benevolence and others’ right to health and cause problems in providing health care. Here we discuss a practical solution for this problem through a clinical case presentation.
