State-Mandated HIV Testing in Connecticut: Personal Perspectives of Women Found to Be Infected During Pregnancy

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 34-46

  Simpson, B Joyce ^a   Forsyth, Brian W C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

HIV; mandatory testing laws; mother to child transmission; pregnancy; social sequelae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY TESTING; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONNECTICUT; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANDATORY TESTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 34548695631     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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