Health professionals' attitudes toward caring for people with hepatitis C

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 624-632

  Richmond, J A ^a,b   Dunning, T L ^a,c   Desmond, P V ^b  

^a Daly Wing ^*  (Australia)

^b Gastroenterology Department   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Discrimination; Health professionals; Hepatitis C; Knowledge; Self reported behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; DENTIST; DRUG USE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSING STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547869600     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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