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Title
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Adherence and communication: Reports from a study of HIV general practice
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| Author(s) |
Race, Kane, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW
McInnes, David, School of Humanities, University of Western Sydney
Wakeford, Elisabeth, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW
Kleinert, Veronica, School of Humanities, University of Western Sydney
McMurchie, Marilyn, Department of General Practice, The University of Sydney
Kidd, Michael, Department of General Practice, The University of Sydney
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| Keyword(s) |
HIV positive persons
HIV treatment
General practice
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| Resource Type |
Report |
| Publication Details |
National Centre in HIV Social research, The university of New South Wales, National Centre in HIV Social research, The University of New South Wales, 2001; ISBN:1875978488
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| Series No. |
Monograph 8/2001 |
| Description/Abstract |
Since 1995 the expression of HIV disease in Australia has changed considerably in the direction of chronic illness. The presence of effective but highly toxic treatments for HIV - with low tolerability, and requiring a high level of adherence - creates a difficult problematic for general practitioners who prescribe them. Not the least of these difficulties is how to begin to identify what is going on for the patient in order to engage with it for the purposes of enhancing adherence, and - more generally - health and wellbeing. These reports examine some of the ways in which practitioners are addressing this problematic, both by their own account (as described in Pills in Practice), and in terms of actual instances of exchange with patients (as shown in Compliance Supportive Communication).
HIV general practice is unusual in the sense that its practitioners often share - or have some understanding of - the socially produced experience of stigma and shame that attends many of the practices relating to the conditions that are seen in practice. This creates unique forms of clinical practice, from which there is much to learn. We have used this opportunity to describe and evaluate some of the forms of practice and communication that have emerged in Sydney in this context. Through discussion and reflection, the various strengths of these different techniques might be drawn upon to promote better practice. |
| Language |
EN |
| Rights |
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| Citation Link |
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/11112 |
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