The discriminatory attitudes of health workers against people living with HIV

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 0715-0716

  Letamo, Gobopamang ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SHORT SURVEY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NIGERIA; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 33846570865     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020261     Document Type: Short Survey

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