Primary Care Physicians and AIDS: Attitudinal and Structural Barriers to Care

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 20, 1991, Pages 2837-2842

  Gerbert, Barbara ^a,b   Maguire, Bryan T ^d   Bleecker, Thomas ^a,b   Coates, Thomas J ^b,c   McPhee, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DRUG ABUSE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HOMOSEXUALS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STIGMATIZATION; SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025837133     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470200049033     Document Type: Article

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