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The Social and Health Problems of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Izmir, Turkey

Şükran Köse, Aliye Mandıracıoğlu, Gülşen Mermut, Figen Kaptan, Yusuf Özbel

Eurasian Journal of Medicine · 2012 · 30 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

We determined the education, counseling and support needs of HIV-infected patients and their families. Additionally, we found that health personnel who monitor the patients should make more efforts on patients' education and counselling.

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