Patient referral from nurses to doctors in a nurse-led HIV primary care clinic in South Africa: Implications for training and support

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1332-1339

  Venkatesh, Kartik K ^b   De Bruyn, Guy ^a   Lurie, Mark N ^b   Lentle, Kgotso ^c   Tshabangu, Nkeko ^b   Moshabela, Mosa ^c   Martinson, Neil A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; nurse practitioner; primary care; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAINING; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958002625     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121003692243     Document Type: Article

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