Physician Attitudes toward the "Laying on of Hands" during the AIDS Epidemic.

Linn, Lawrence S.; Kahn, Katherine L.

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ERIC Number: EJ395339

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Publication Date: 1989

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Physician Attitudes toward the "Laying on of Hands" during the AIDS Epidemic.

Linn, Lawrence S.; Kahn, Katherine L.

Academic Medicine, v64 n7 p408-09 Jul 1989

A study examined the attitudes of 227 faculty and 148 house physicians toward the value of touching patients and their relationship to sociodemographic and job characteristics, previous exposure to and concern about human immunodeficiency virus infections, and attitudes toward glove-wearing. (MSE)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitudes, Communicable Diseases, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical School Faculty, Physician Patient Relationship, Physicians, Safety Equipment, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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