Responsibility and risk: Accounts of reasons for seeking an HIV test

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-181

  Lee, Seung Hee ^a   Sheon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; HIV test counselling; Reason for testing; Risk assessment; Routine testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECORDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 39449130723     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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