Die belewenis van vroedvroue wat 'n bevalling hanteer van 'n HIV-positiewe pasiënt

M.Cur.The purpose of this study is to identify the midwives experience in doing the delivery or a HIV-positive patient. Because the incidence of AIDS is increasing in the heterosexual population and thus the women in their reproductive years, it is important for the midwife to know how feelings for the HIV-positive patient. It is the midwife who has to give counselling and support to tho HlV-positive patients and in doing so, she herself must get counselling end support. Unstructured in-depth interviewB wore held with r Ivo midwives on one occasion. Each midwife should have done at least one delivery of a HIV-positive patient. The experiences of the midwives was then combined and a literature control was done to consult other authors' findings on the heath workers experience of HIV positive patients. Recommendations were made at the end of the study concerning applications to practice, education, further research and the counselling of the midwife