Are we ready for home-based, self-testing for HIV?

Future HIV Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 515-520

  Pai, Nitika Pant ^a   Klein, Marina B ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; COST; COUNSELING; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIVACY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67149089147     PISSN: 17469600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17469600.2.6.515     Document Type: Editorial

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