Scaling up HIV testing in resource-constrained settings: Debates on the role of VCT and routine 'opt-in or opt-out' HIV testing

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

Volumn , Issue 20, 2005, Pages 45-49

  Strode, Ann ^a   van Rooyen, Heidi ^b   Heywood, Mark ^c   Karim, Quarraisha Abdool ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 27844447101     PISSN: 16089693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v6i3.582     Document Type: Article

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