HIV Mandatory Testing of Newborns: The Impact on Women

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 49-51

  Frank, Stacy ^a   Esch, Julie Funesti ^b   Margeson, Nancy E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; WOMEN;

EID: 0032185391     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3471573     Document Type: Article

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