Understanding the intention of dentists to provide dental care to HIV+ and AIDS patients

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-

  Godin, Gaston ^a   Naccache, Herminé ^b   Brodeur, Jean Marc ^c   Alary, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Service   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Ajzen; Dental care; Dentists; Hiv+ patients; Intention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTISTS; ETHICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIETIES, DENTAL;

EID: 0033142280     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1999.tb02014.x     Document Type: Article

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