The HIV self-testing debate: Where do we stand?

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Gagnon, Marilou ^a   French, Martin ^b   Hébert, Yamilee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Arguments; Debate; HIV; Home test; Self test; Self testing

Indexed keywords

EDITOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICISM; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MARKET; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SELF EVALUATION; THINKING; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; UTILIZATION;

COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 85040826737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12914-018-0146-6     Document Type: Review

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