"Opt-out" testing for HIV in Africa: A caution [8]

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9407, 2004, Pages 493-494

  Csete, Joanne ^a   Schleifer, Rebecca ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^a  

^a HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Programme   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; AWARENESS; BATTERED WOMAN; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRIME; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LETTER; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POLICE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RAPE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIETY; SPOUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1142285524     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15509-8     Document Type: Letter

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