Factors associated with refusal to treat HIV-infected patients: The results of a national survey of dentists in Canada

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-545

  McCarthy, Gillian M ^a   Koval, John J ^b   MacDonald, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0033043087     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.4.541     Document Type: Article

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