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Agreement between physicians and non-physician clinicians in starting antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda
BACKGROUND: The scarcity of physicians in sub-Saharan Africa – particularly in rural clinics staffed only by non-physician health workers – is constraining access to HIV treatment, as only they are legally allowed to start antiretroviral therapy in the HIV-positive patient. Here we present a pilot s...
Autores principales: | Vasan, Ashwin, Kenya-Mugisha, Nathan, Seung, Kwonjune J, Achieng, Marion, Banura, Patrick, Lule, Frank, Beems, Megan, Todd, Jim, Madraa, Elizabeth |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738652/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19695083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-7-75 |
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