HIV testing: Getting the message across-a survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice among non-HIV specialist physicians

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1036, 2012, Pages 59-65

  Hunter, Ewan ^a   Perry, Meghan ^b   Leen, Clifford ^b   Premchand, Nikhil ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84856013323     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130031     Document Type: Article

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