Expert patients: Learning from HIV

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Abstract

The outbreak of HIV in the early 1980s saw widespread activism among patients and community supporters. The author, a young physician in San Francisco at the time, describes how coming of age as a clinician in the midst of this activism affected her concept of the patient-physician relationship. The insistence of a particular patient, Robert, on specifying his treatment goals illustrates that even people with substantial cognitive challenges can participate in their own care in an egalitarian and active manner.

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Cooke, M. (2011). Expert patients: Learning from HIV. BMJ Quality and Safety, 20(SUPPL. 1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs.2010.046813

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