Stigma, discrimination, and HIV/AIDS knowledge among physicians in Barbados Estigma, discriminación y conocimientos sobre el VIH/sida entre los médicos en Barbados

• Main Authors: Ernest Massiah, Timothy C. Roach, Carol Jacobs, Anne M. St. John, Vashti Inniss, Jerome Walcott, Chris Blackwood
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2004
• Subjects: Attitude of health personnel; HIV infections; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; education; medical; inservice training; prejudice; Barbados; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Sida
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/9b060fb3d7604f58af3b99650b94a153

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent of clinical knowledge of HIV/AIDS that physicians in Barbados have and their attitudes towards persons living with HIV/AIDS. METHODS: In 2000 the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners conducted a survey in order to assess its members' views on HIV/AIDS...