Impact of stigma, culture and law on healthcare providers after occupational exposure to HIV and hepatitis C

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-391

  Zaidi, Moazzam Ali ^a   Griffiths, Robin ^a   Newson Smith, Mark ^a   Levack, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

HIV; occupational exposure; stigma; UAE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859383465     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.646304     Document Type: Article

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