Differences between Asian-American and white American dentists in attitudes toward treatment of HIV-positive patients

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-164

  Raphael, Karen G ^a,c   Kunzel, Carol ^b   Sadowsky, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DENTIST; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HOMOSEXUALS; NEW YORK CITY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SURVEY;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DENTISTS; ETHICS, DENTAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NEW YORK CITY; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0029886625     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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