more strange attitudes

I recognise that many people in the hospitals have seen things that are horrific, have been burned by patients and are genuinely jaded by their work.

It's still disturbing when nurses and docs are judgemental of patients who say they are trying to kick their iv drug habits; are pessimistic about patients who are HIV positive.

These patients are peoples' fathers, daughters. They are loved. To treat our HIV and IVDU patients as less than deserving of care does a disservice to the patients themselves and the people who love them.