Predicting dentists' willingness to treat HIV-infected patients

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 581-588

  Sadowsky, D ^a   Kunzel, C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTIST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MODEL; MOUTH LESION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTISTS; ETHICS, DENTAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SAFETY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0029838318     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129650125533     Document Type: Article

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