Blood, sex and trust: The limits of the population-based risk management paradigm

Health and Place

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-30

  Kesby, Mike ^a   Sothern, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donation; HIV; MSM; Risk group; Trust

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BLACK AFRICAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DEFERRAL POLICY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRUST; BLOODBORNE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890834002     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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