[Special characteristics of physician involvement in AIDS counseling]. / Besonderheiten im Tätigkeitsfeld des Arztes in der AIDS-Beratung.

Characteristic features of medical work at an AIDS Information Centre are pointed out with particular regard to the present situation in the city and district of Crenter? Hannover. Persons infected with HIV are reviewed, drawing particular attention to the extreme stress of living with the knowledge of being HIV-infected. The arising social problems of HIV-positive patients are described together with the doctor's adviser of easing the patient's stress and guiding him into accepting the necessary changes in life. Intensive cooperation hospital doctors, GP's and social workers is described.

[Medical management of HIV infected and AIDS patients in the Hannover metropolitan area as an interdisciplinary construct]. / Die medizinische Versorgung von HIV-Infizierten und AIDS-Kranken im Grossraum Hannover als interdisziplinäres Konstrukt.

Two wards for consultation of AIDS have opened in Hannover in 1987, one in the Public Health Department for the city of Hannover, the other in the Public Health Department for the surroundings. It was a big step towards prevention of AIDS. At the same time a centre, especially for AIDS, was opened at the Medical college of Hannover, consisting of an ambulance and beds in a ward. An official laboratory tests the medical analyses. Today the doctor in the Public Health Department plays an important part: he is the first partner with whom the infected patient can talk. He must also maintain contact with all institutions including the family doctor for optimum patient care.