African-American clinicians providing HIV care: The experience of the national HIV/AIDS clinicians' consultation center

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 779-787

  Mahoney, Megan R ^a   Sterkenburg, Cynthia ^a   Thom, David H ^a   Goldschmidt, Ronald H ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTICE ACT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGISTERED NURSE; TELECONSULTATION;

EID: 47749089410     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31371-7     Document Type: Article

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