Health perceptions of African HIV-infected patients and their physicians

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-190

  Dominicé Dao, Melissa I ^a   Ferreira, Jackeline F ^b   Vallier, Nathalie ^a   Roulin, Dominique ^a   Hirschel, Bernard ^a   Calmy, Alexandra ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HIV; Illness perceptions; Migration; Organisational changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS LOAD; AFRICA; BLACK PERSON; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954315876     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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