Tracing patients on antiretroviral treatment lost-to-follow-up in an urban slum in India

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2399-2409

  Errol, Lisa ^a,b   Isaakidis, Petros ^a   Zachariah, Rony ^c   Ali, Mohammed ^b   Pilankar, Gurudas ^a   Maurya, Sanjana ^a   Geraets, Claudia ^a   Ladomirska, Joanna ^a   Patel, Sunil ^d   Reid, Tony ^c  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^d Udaan Trust   (India)

Author keywords

Discrimination; HIV disclosure; HIV AIDS; Loss to follow up; Nursing; Patient tracing; Resource limited settings

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY AREAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84866772209     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05934.x     Document Type: Article

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