Knowledge and attitudes of hospital-based physicians and trainees about HIV infection in the United States, Canada, India, and Thailand

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 761-766

  Brachman Jr , Philip ^a   Kozarsky, Phyllis ^a,f   Cetron, Martin ^a   Jacob, Moire S ^b   Boonitt, Bannasit ^c,d   Wongsrichanalai, Jirasak ^c,d   Keystone, Jay S ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Thailand)

^d Christian Hospital

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; SURVEY; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONALITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029964087     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.7.761     Document Type: Article

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