Facilitating HIV disclosure across diverse settings: A review

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1011-1023

  Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^a   Baijal, Parijat ^b   Pegurri, Elisabetta ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79956342368     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300102     Document Type: Article

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