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A bite of AIDS?—Institutional line staff and the fear of HIV contagion

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    Jeffrey L. Geller M.D., M.P.H. (Director of Public Sector Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Psychiatry)

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Geller, J.L. A bite of AIDS?—Institutional line staff and the fear of HIV contagion. Psych Quart 60, 243–251 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064800

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