Incentives for voluntary HIV testing in NHS staff

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 426-429

  Hamill, Matthew ^a,b   Copas, A ^b   Murphy, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood borne viruses; Health care workers; HIV; Testing; VCT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LONDON; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33749630821     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql054     Document Type: Article

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