To tell or not to tell: HIV disclosure to family members in China

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Li, Li ^a   Lin, Chunqing ^b   Wu, Zunyou ^b   Lord, Lynwood ^b   Wu, Sheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

China; Disclosure; Family; Family members; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 57349135463     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2007.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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