PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alan O'Rourke
TI  - Dealing with prejudice
AID  - 10.1136/jme.27.2.123
DP  - 2001 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 123--125
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/2/123.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/27/2/123.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2001 Apr 01; 27
AB  - Few of us are free of all prejudices, however subtle and subconscious, and they may affect both patient care and teaching. Here I use reflection about a patient with HIV infection, from the points of view of two doctors caring for him and the patient himself, to explore prejudice against lifestyles that are considered “dangerous”. The paper then goes on to discuss research about physicians' attitudes to such cases, the teaching of ethics in a clinical environment and the need to support junior medical staff.