Prenatal HIV testing in Ontario: Knowledge, attitudes and practices of prenatal care providers in a province with low testing rates

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-97

  Guenter, Dale ^a   Carroll, June ^b   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a   Sellors, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; NURSE MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRICS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037365728     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404579     Document Type: Article

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