Internal medicine and emergency medicine physicians lack accurate knowledge of current CDC HIV testing recommendations and infrequently offer HIV testing

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-108

  Mohajer, Mayar Al ^a   Lyons, Michael ^a   King, Eileen ^b   Pratt, Jesse ^b   Fichtenbaum, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency; internal medicine; knowledge; residents; survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859369400     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109711430165     Document Type: Article

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