Biomedical subjects

N Nykodym

Publications and source records attributed to N Nykodym.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1995

Occupational and longitudinal differences in health-care and non-health-care worker attitudes concerning AIDS exposure and work: evidence of professional dedication.

To assess changes in occupational preferences of health-care workers in response to the AIDS epidemic, attitudes for nine issues concerning AIDS in the workplace were gathered in 1990 and 1992. AIDS-aversive patterns strengthened for both health-care and non-health-care workers over time as AIDS incidence rose. Compared to non-health-care workers, significantly more health-care workers showed greater concern over job related AIDS exposure, and over time they also reported more approval of testing and status disclosure for AIDS. Despite these concerns, significantly more health-care workers than non-health-care workers were willing to work with an AIDS-infected coworker or boss, and significantly fewer health-care workers than non-health-care workers believed they had a right to refuse work with an AIDS-infected coworker. Training had little effect on AIDS-aversive preferences among health-care workers. But significantly more non-health-care workers with AIDS-related "protective" training reported a self-protective rejection of AIDS-infected coworkers. Implications for health-care management are explored.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗

PubMed1989

AIDS in the workplace: current practices and possible implications.

The testing of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) remains a political factor. Questions are being raised as to an individual's right to privacy and the public's concern for safety. Despite the controversy, the law protects contagious disease sufferers from employment discrimination. Along with AIDS testing, drug testing remains a controversial issue. Mandatory drug testing remains in both the public and private sectors. Legislative activity in California continues to the present.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗

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Analysis of success and survival in the health industry.

Modern management theory accepts that people work for many reasons and to fulfill many goals. People want to survive and succeed and, given the opportunity and the skills, they will. Health professionals seek some of the higher goals. They want to serve their fellow man without being a servant. They want to succeed by providing relief to the suffering; such success must, by necessity, be exceptionally sweet. When human lives are at stake, the word "important" is truly defined. To a health professional, advancement can be an organizational promotion or it can be a professional achievement. In either case, how he/she succeeds will depend on what he/she does. He/she must perform well against a yardstick that grows constantly due to the advances in medical science. He/she must also realize constantly that what he/she performs on is a human being, and must be treated as such. He/she must keep technically able without losing his/her ability to deal in human relations. This study has shown that the health professional accepts the importance of these concepts.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗