Anonymous versus confidential HIV testing: Client and provider decision making under uncertainty

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-166

  Grusky, Oscar ^a   Roberts, Kathleen Johnston ^a   Swanson, Aimee Noelle ^a   Joniak, Elizabeth ^a   Leich, Jennifer ^a   McEvoy, Gwen ^a   Murphy, Keith ^a   Schilt, Kristen ^a   Wilson, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANONYMOUS TESTING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIVACY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNCERTAINTY; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANONYMOUS TESTING; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PATIENTS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 16444375435     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2005.19.157     Document Type: Article

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