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Fear of AIDS and attrition among medical technologists.

Author(s) -

Ronald R. Gauch,

Karen Feeney,

James W. Brown

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.10.1264

Subject(s) - attrition , economic shortage , family medicine , medicine , field survey , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , gerontology , psychology , geography , linguistics , philosophy , cartography , dentistry , government (linguistics)

Attitudes toward AIDS were measured by a survey of 212 attendees at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Society for Medical Technology. Twenty five percent of the respondents were considering leaving the profession because of a fear of AIDS. In addition, almost half would not have chosen the field knowing they would be handling HIV-positive samples. This high degree of concern may be an important factor contributing to the shortage of medical technologists.

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