Cuba’s Energetic AIDS Doctor

Surviving the Fall: The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor

Before the advent of AZT in 1987 and protease inhibitors in the 1990s, AIDS was an unknown and untreatable illness. At the beginning of the epidemic, physicians struggled with the inevitable loss of their patients. Dr. Peter Selwyn was among these physicians, but has distinguished himself through his tireless work in this area. He is a well-known and respected scientist and clinician, and it is...

AIDS

The importance of the doctor-patient relationship in adherence to HIV/AIDS treatment: a case report.

In this case report, which includes a statement related by the patient himself, the authors also discuss the importance of a good doctor-patient relationship in treating HIV patients and in assuring the patient's adherence to his treatment. Related issues, such as the importance of treating psychiatric comorbidities, of preserving the patient's hope and motivation, and of giving him an adequate...

On visibility: AIDS, deception by patients, and the responsibility of the doctor.

Contrary to the usual discussion of lying or deceiving in medical ethics literature where the lying or deceiving is done by the doctor or surgeon, this paper deals with lying or deceiving on the part of the patient. Three cases involving HIV-infected male homosexual or bisexual persons are presented. In each case the patient deceives or wants the doctor to deceive a third party on his behalf. A...

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