What should HIV/AIDS be called in Malawi?

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-192

  Muula, Adamson S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

CD4 count; HIV AIDS; Immunosorbent assay; Immunosuppression; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE; MALAWI; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL WARD; WARD;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEAR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALAWI; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREJUDICE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 14644394216     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733005ne781oa     Document Type: Review

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