Commentary by Johanna Shapiro. PhD
Several issues of note emerged from the discussion: 1) discrepancies between resident’s information and community physician’s information:
- resident – pt. had no AIDS support system
- physician – pt. linked up with AIDS Project LA, which is why he expressed no interest in help from social worker in this area
- resident – mother and father of pt. spoke no English (Spanish)
- physician – father spoke English well, mother understood well