Patient perspectives on opt-out HIV screening in a Guyanese emergency department

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-191

  Christensen, April ^a   Russ, Stephan ^b   Rambaran, Navindranauth ^c   Wright, Seth W ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation   (Guyana)

Author keywords

AIDS; Emergency medicine; Guyana; HIV; Mass screening; Social stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GUYANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84865551447     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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