HIV/AIDS. Counselling drug users.
This paper examines the uptake of the HIV test in a busy London drug dependency unit and looks at some of the specialist aspects of HIV counselling with drug users. HIV pre-test counselling is an important health education opportunity. The current guidelines for HIV pre-test counselling with drug users suggest that practitioners should adopt a more encouraging attitude.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D003376:Counseling; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing / Q000534:rehabilitation*