HIV providers' perceptions of and attitudes toward female versus male patients

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 582-588

  Blackstock, Oni J ^a   Beach, Mary Catherine ^b   Korthuis, P Todd ^c   Cohn, Jonathan A ^d   Sharp, Victoria L ^e   Moore, Richard D ^b   Saha, Somnath ^c,f  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^f PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXISM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866994403     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0159     Document Type: Article

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