HIV and confidentiality

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 90-91

  Magnusson, Roger S ^a,b   Scott, Margaret ^a   Irvine, Susan S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australasian Soc for HIV Medicine   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SEXUALITY;

LEGAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0029767479     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124857.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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