Health promotion and human right protection: Finding a balance for HIV testing policies in U.S. state prisons

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-243

  Christensen, Stacy E ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk behaviors; HIV testing policies; Incarceration; Mandatory testing; Request only testing; Routine opt out testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY TESTING; PRISON; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MANDATORY TESTING; PRISONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954721344     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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