Journal of clinical nursing
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
HIV nursing consultants: patients' preferences and experiences about the quality of care.
We were interested to find out how human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-patients judge the quality of care received from their HIV nursing consultants, compared with the care delivered by HIV specialists and general practitioners. Furthermore, we were interested in how the opinions of HIV patients on the HIV nursing consultant compared with the opinions of patients with rheumatic diseases on the care they receive from their specialized nurses. ⋯ In the Netherlands and in the United Kingdom there is a tendency to a greater degree of differentiation of tasks in health care. This study shows that there is room for a position like the nursing consultant and that this is highly valued by patients.