Personer som lever med hiv – upplevelser i hälso- och sjukvård : En kvalitativ litteraturstudie

Sammanfattning: Background: People living with HIV [PLWHIV] have been experiencing obstacles and negative attitudes in society for 40 years. Due to today’s medicines PLWHIV can live as longas others. However a life with HIV entails lifelong contact with health care. This put demands on the health care personnel including the nurse to offer PLWHIV a good and equal care. Aim: To describe how PLWHIV experience encounters in health care. Method: A literature review based on 15 qualitative research articles. The articles were analyzed with a thematic analysis method. Results: The study resulted in three themes, Stigmatizing attitudes, Good nursing care and Lack of knowledge. Conclusion: PLWHIV experience both good and bad encounter of health personnel. All people can be carriers of HIV and therefore all health personnel should take the same precautions regardless of which patient they meet to create equal care. Health personnel need more knowledge about HIV and an improved treatment towards PLWHIV in health care.