Refusal to treat AIDS and HIV positive patients.
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Tehran dentists' self-reported knowledge and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and observed willingness to treat simulated HIV-positive patients.
Dentists' self-reported attitudes towards patients with HIV/AIDS might not reflect their actual behaviour. In this study 2 observers posed as HIV-positive patients and directly evaluated the behaviour of 300 dentists in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. Two months later another observer interviewed the same dentists at their offices regarding AIDS-related knowledge and self-reported attitudes. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.295.6590.120-c