Frequency of discussing HIV prevention and care topics with patients with HIV: Influence of physician gender, race/ethnicity, and practice characteristics

Gender Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-269

  Gardner, Lytt I ^a   Metsch, Lisa ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^c   del Rio, Carlos ^d   Mahoney, Pamela ^e   Holmberg, Scott D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Health Research Association   (United States)

Author keywords

gender differences; HIV physicians; HIV prevention; HIV providers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BALTIMORE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 49949093709     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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