Willingness to treat HIV-positive patients at different stages of medical education and experience

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 403-414

  Radecki, Stephen ^a   Shapiro, Johanna ^b   Thrupp, Lauri D ^b   Gandhi, Sabina Malik ^b   Sangha, Sumandeep S ^b   Miller, Ronald B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 0032817119     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1999.13.403     Document Type: Article

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