Dealing with a positive result: Routine HIV testing of pregnant women in Vietnam

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

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 654-659

  Oosterhoff, P ^a   Hardon, A P ^b   Nguyen, T A ^c   Pham, N Y ^d   Wright, P ^a  

^a Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

PMTCT; Routine testing; Stigma; VCT; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MANDATORY TESTING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIETNAM;

EID: 46249124764     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701687026     Document Type: Article

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