Nonconsented human immunodeficiency virus testing among critically ill patients: Intensivists' practices and the influence of state laws

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2323-2328

  Halpern, Scott D ^a,f   Metkus, Thomas S ^a   Fuchs, Barry D ^a   Ward, Nicholas S ^b   Siegel, Mark D ^e   Luce, John M ^c   Curtis, J Randall ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549038049     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.21.2323     Document Type: Article

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