Breaking HIV News to Clients: SPIKES Strategy in Post-Test Counseling Session

Breaking bad news is one of the most burdensome tasks physicians face in their everyday practice. It becomes even more challenging in the context of HIV+ patients because of stigma and discrimination. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the quality of giving HIV seroconversion news accordin...

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Main Authors: Hamid Emadi-Koochak, Farhad Yazdi, Mahboubeh Haji Abdolbaghi, Mohammad Reza Salehi, Behrang Shadloo, Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-05-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5265