‘Opt-out’ testing lacks patient-friendly system
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'Opt-out' testing lacks patient-friendly system.
The hugely welcome government-led initiative to pro-actively offer 'opt-out' HIV testing to patients at its clinics and hospitals needs hefty back-up resources to ensure patient retention and earlier presentation.
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4158