Streamlining tasks and roles to expand treatment and care for HIV: Randomised controlled trial protocol

Trials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fairall, Lara R ^a,b   Bachmann, Max O ^c   Zwarenstein, Merrick F ^d   Lombard, Carl J ^e   Uebel, Kerry ^a   van Vuuren, Cloete ^f   Steyn, Dewald ^f   Boulle, Andrew ^b   Bateman, Eric D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NURSE; NURSE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 43749115368     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-9-21     Document Type: Article

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