The effects of stigma on controlling HIV and AIDS This essay aims to explain the social ideologies of prejudice and stigmatisation towards individuals infected with HIV/AIDS. It will discuss the issues surrounding the control of the HIV/AIDS disease and examine differential theories to explain the implementations of social discources on those who fear stigmatisation‚ due to their condition. HIV-related stigma and discrimination refers to prejudice‚ negative attitudes‚ abuse‚ ‘people and objects
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Patient Confidentiality Confidentiality revolves round how staff members handle confidential patient information. To enable healthcare practitioners fully understand the health condition of patients‚ there is the need on the part of the patient to disclose what otherwise could have been private and discreet information about them. The patients trust that whatever information is passed to the clinician is held in absolute confidence. And the clinician‚ in this wise‚ is duty bound to keep the information
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Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) results in destruction of the body’s host defenses and immune system leading to the condition called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV-AIDS is one of the world’s greatest public health crises. For many years‚ because of lack of understanding and effective treatment‚ it is now considered a rapidly progressing fatal disease. HIV infection in humans is considered pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2003)
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HIV/AIDS and Its Effects on Economic Growth Taywanna Drayton ECO 204 Instructor Stephanie Webb August 16‚ 2010 HIV/AIDS and Its Effects on Economic Growth For most developing countries‚ the main source of progress is through industry and domestic saving. In order for industry to be a viable source of progress‚ the country must have a large‚ productive workforce. Certain elements may stymie growth‚ leading to a slow down in development and‚ by proxy‚ a stalled economy. For developing
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MDG6 Combat HIV/AIDS‚ Malaria and Other Diseases: MDG6 strive to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases. Most of the indicators show positive trends‚ particularly in the case of HIV prevalence among pregnant women‚ and detection and provision of health care for TB patients. The latter has been achieved and the former is likely to be. This can be attributed to swift and focused action on the part of the government‚ particularly in the case of TB. However
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What is The Morality behind Patient Confidentiality? Name: Course: Tutor: Date: What is The Morality behind Patient Confidentiality? Introduction Patient confidentiality is one of the pillars of modern medical profession. It implies that the medical practitioner is under the obligation to keep his patient’s medical profile confidential. The main reason is to help the patient maintain his privacy. However‚ there have been numerous cases
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HIV/AIDS in the African American Community Teneika Carlisle Current Issues/HIV infection MULT 171 (Web 92100) May 23‚ 2010 HIV/AIDS in the African American Community The African American Community is facing a major health crisis called HIV/AIDS. This disease has become a pandemic in the African American Community. South Africa alone has 5.7 million people living with HIV and AIDS in 2009‚ more than any other country. Almost one-in-three women aged 25-29‚ and over a quarter of men aged 30-34
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Patient Confidentiality The confidentiality of a patient’s medical records has been an ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals. To put it another way‚ there is a difficulty in discerning the boundaries of one’s duty and his/ her concern with the patients. Be that as it may‚ health care staff should maintain professionalism towards their work through respecting the privacy of the patients. As a matter of fact‚ this promotes the establishment of mutual trust between the health care staff and
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8 Financial Effects of HIV/AIDS on National Social Protection Schemes PIERRE PLAMONDON‚ MICHAEL CICHON‚ AND PASCAL ANNYCKE T hrough its demographic and economic effects‚ the HIV/AIDS pandemic poses a huge challenge to the financial management of national social protection systems. For example‚ increased mortality owing to HIV/AIDS may reduce the number of contributors to pension schemes. And although the share of contributors reaching retirement age declines‚ the number of surviving dependents
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Patient Confidentiality and HIPAA Tamika Marshall HPIC/245C Fundamentals of Information Systems for Health Care July 21‚ 2013 University of Phoenix After three years of making sure they got it correct‚ the Unites States signed into law HIPAA. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was developed by The Department of Health and Human Services. August 21‚ 1996 changed the way medical professionals conducted patient business forever. The
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