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- Title
Are Patients Talking to Their Physicians about AIDS?
- Authors
Gerbert, Barbara; Maguire, Bryan T.; Coates, Thomas J.
- Abstract
Abstract: We conducted a nationwide telephone survey of a random sample of United States adults in summer 1988 (n = 2000, response rate = 75 percent) to find out if physicians were providing education and counseling to the public about AIDS and AIDS prevention. Within the previous five years, 94 percent had seen a physician but only 15 percent had discussed AIDS even though most said they would not object to discussing the topic. AIDS-related conversations are not commonplace in physician's offices and in most cases (72 percent) patients are the initiators of such conversations. (Am J Public Health 1990; 80:467-468.)
- Subjects
UNITED States; AIDS prevention; HIV infection transmission; HEALTH education; SEX education; PREVENTIVE medicine; HEALTH counseling; PATIENT education; PUBLIC health
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 1990, Vol 80, Issue 4, p467
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.80.4.467