Knowledge about HIV infection and attitude of nursing staff toward patients with AIDS in Iran

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Askarian, Mehrdad ^a   Hashemi, Zohreh ^a   Jaafari, Peyman ^b   Assadian, Ojan ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 33646442939     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500002     Document Type: Article

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