title: Encouraging HIV testing in GUM clinics--can we dispense with the pre-test discussion? Genitourinary Medicine.
abstract: In a genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic on the periphery of the London conurbation, HIV testing was promoted during a one-month period by offering testing without preliminary pre-test discussion to patients who assessed themselves to be low risk. The testing rate rose from 5.9% to 10.8% in women and 12.6% to 20% in men. One new HIV-positive patient was identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Mount Vernon Hospital NHS Trust, Watford, UK.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Munday
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Mullan
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000523:psychology