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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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Health care students' reactions towards HIV patients: examining prejudice, emotions, attribution of blame and willingness to interact with HIV/AIDS patients

Jannel PhilipDepartment of Behavioural Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Derek ChadeeDepartment of Behavioural Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
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Rosana Patricia YearwoodDepartment of Behavioural Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Pages 1236-1241 | Received 10 Jun 2013, Accepted 14 Feb 2014, Published online: 20 Mar 2014

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