Patients' attitudes toward and factors predictive of human immunodeficiency virus testing of academic medical clinics

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 340, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-267

  Stefan, Mihaela S ^a   Blackwell, J Matthew ^b   Crawford, Kamau M ^c   Martinez, Johanna ^d   Wu Sung, Sun ^e   Holliday, Scott A ^f   Landry, Michael ^g   Lavine, Nancy ^h   Lerfald, Nathan ⁱ   Morris, Jason L ^j   Greene, Sandra ^k   Cykert, Samuel ^c,k  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOSES CONE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Mount Vernon Hospital USA   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

ⁱ WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Academic medical clinics; CDC recommendations for HIV screening; Factors predictive of HIV testing; HIV screening; Surveys for attitude toward HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

EID: 77957987921     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181e59c3e     Document Type: Article

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