Knowledge and attitudes of Pakistani medical students towards HIV-positive and/or AIDS patients

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-17

  Shaikh, Farah D ^a   Khan, Shahzad A ^b   Ross, Michael W ^c   Grimes, Richard M ^c  

^a Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Students

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750882242     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500500477667     Document Type: Article

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