HIV-positive women in northeast Brazil: Tubal sterilization, medical recommendation and reproductive rights

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1258-1265

  Oliveira, F ^a   Kerr, L ^a   Frota, A ^a   Nobrega A ^a   Bruno, Z ^a   Leitao T ^a   Kendall, C ^b   Galvao M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL COUNSELING; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL;

EID: 37049035921     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701405411     Document Type: Article

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