附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. HIV Disease and Its Impact on New York City's Health-Care System -- 3. First Encounters with the Disease: Choosing to Care for HIV-Infected Patients -- 4. Empathy and Challenge -- 5. Holism and Connection: Providing Care -- 6. Ethical Dimensions of Care -- 7. Making a Difference: Personal and Professional Growth -- 8. Nursing Consciousness and the Cycle of Life and Death -- 9. Nursing as a Moral Undertaking -- 10. Death and Transcendence -- 11. Contemplative Cognition -- 12. Personal and Professional Integration -- 13. Images of Care -- Appendix A: Interview Guide -- Appendix B: Survey of Nurses in AIDS Care -- Appendix C: Comparison of Interview and Survey Responses.
