HIV testing in Europe: Mapping policies

Health Policy

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 101-110

  Deblonde, Jessika ^a   Meulemans, Herman ^b   Callens, Steven ^c   Luchters, Stanley ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Hamers, Françoise F ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Ancien Délégué Général de la Fédération de l'Hospitalisation Privée   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; Exceptionalism; HIV testing; Normalization; Testing policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICELAND; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; LATVIA; LIECHTENSTEIN; LITHUANIA; LUXEMBOURG; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MALTA; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; ROMANIA; SLOVAKIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 80255138237     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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