“…In the AIDS field, however, healthcare workers are faced with distinctive demands (for example, dealing with the social, mental, spiritual and physical problems experienced by people living with HIV infection) that may make them more prone to experience decreased psychosocial well-being and an increase in distress, feelings of not coping and burnout compared to workers in other areas (Davids et al 2009). Several stressors inherent in AIDS care have been identified, such as frustration due to the overwhelming nature of the disease, bereavement overload, fear of social stigma and isolation, different types of patient-caregiver relationships, over-identification with patients, fear of contagion, and lack of social support (Delobelle et al 2009;Miller et al 2007;Mullins 2009;Van Dyk 2007).…”