Consent and antenatal HIV testing: The limits of choice and issues of consent in HIV and AIDS

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-312

  Sherr, Lorraine ^a   Bergenstrom, A ^a   Hudson, C N ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Bartholomews and Roy London S ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033917981     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120050042963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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