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Article: Providers finding long-term care beds for AIDS patients. (includes related article on discrimination against AIDS patients)
- Article from:
- AIDS Alert
- Article date:
- October 1, 1992
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From the start, health care professionals have been in a race to keep up with HIV and AIDS -- first, to establish the identity of the virus, then to develop effective treatment strategies, and
to overcome barriers that keep AIDS patients from finding adequate long-term care.
It's no secret that AIDS patients have a difficult time obtaining long-term care outside of the hospital. Until recently, major barriers, including negative attitudes among health care professionals and a lack of funding, have prevented AIDS patients from getting adequate long-term care.
Institutional long-term care for AIDS patients can be important, because such patients ...