Attitude of health care workers to patients and colleagues infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Sahara J

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Sadoh, Ayebo E ^a   Sadoh, Wilson E ^a   Fawole, Adeniran Olubukola ^b   Oladimeji, Ayo ^c   Sotiloye, Oladapo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitude; Health care workers; HIV infected colleagues; HIV infected patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649273730     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2009.9724925     Document Type: Article

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