Reproductive counseling by clinic healthcare workers in Durban, South Africa: Perspectives from HIV-infected men and women reporting serodiscordant partners

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Matthews, L T ^a,b,c   Crankshaw, T ^d   Giddy, J ^d   Kaida, A ^e   Psaros, C ^a   Ware, N C ^b   Smit, J A ^f   Bangsberg, D R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MCCORD HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONCEPTION COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866078406     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/146348     Document Type: Review

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