Cold comfort for health care workers? medico-ethical dilemmas facing a health care worker after occupational exposure to HIV

South African Family Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-331

  Madiba, T E ^a   Jack, C L ^a   Vawda, Y A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOUTH AFRICA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80052630429     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2010.10874000     Document Type: Article

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