AEGiS-06IAC: Perceived discrimination in health care and employment among homosexual men.

6th International AIDS Conference


San Francisco, California, USA — June 20-23, 1990

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Perceived discrimination in health care and employment among homosexual men.

Int Conf AIDS 1990 Jun 20-23; 6:329 (abstract no. Th.D.812)
Kass N; Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA

OBJECTIVE: To compare perceived discrimination in health care delivery and in employment among homosexual men who are seronegative, seropositive or have AIDS.

METHODS: Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to Baltimore and Los Angeles MACS participants between October 1987 and December 1988 and to inpatients and outpatients with an actual diagnosis of AIDS at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

RESULTS: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME.

CONCLUSION: Persons with AIDS report more treatment refusals, especially from dentists, than seropositive people, who report more refusals than seronegative people. Persons with AIDS are more likely to have been fired for health reasons than either seropositive or seronegative persons.

Keywords: AEGIS, Homosexuality, Employment, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Delivery of Health Care, Questionnaires, Health Services Accessibility, Refusal to Treat, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Human, Male, ICA6KWDaegis,homosexuality,employment,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,deliveryofhealthcare,questionnaires,healthservicesaccessibility,refusaltotreat,baltimore,losangeles,human,male,ica6

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