Voluntary Counseling and Testing with AIDS Outpatient: Hubei, China
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Attitude of Health Care Professionals Towards Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV/AIDS
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allows individuals to learn their HIV status through preand post-test counseling and an HIV test. VCT is client-initiated, as opposed to provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) when health care providers initiate discussion of HIV testing with clients who are seeking health care for other reasons. VCT can be provided through stand-alone clinics or offered through community-based approa...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1553-6203
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2007.11.14