Blood-borne virus-related discrimination in dental services
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Blood-borne virus-related discrimination in dental services.
While the risk of infection through occupational exposure to blood-borne viruses is a major concern of dental health care workers, the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and many health, AIDS and discrimination-related agencies have identified discrimination related to HIV/AIDS as a priority area for action. In 1995 the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services selected the School of Medica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Health Review
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0156-5788
DOI: 10.1071/ah980092