Home-use HIV test comparison with "current" testing practices urged in NEJM letter.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
HOME HIV TEST COMPARISON WITH CURRENT TESTING PRACTICES RECOMMENDED in a letter published in the May 11 New England Journal of Medicine. A trio of public health experts suggested that comparing the telephone counseling that would be received via a home-use HIV kit "with prevailing practice" rather than an "idealized notion of testing and counseling" would be helpful "in considering" the "risks and benefits" of an over-the-counter HIV test.
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