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Prevention counseling should be ongoing. More education for docs needed.

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In rural Southern states such as South Carolina, the HIV/AIDS epidemic primarily affects low-income African American people who live miles from an urban health care clinic and from the high-tech prevention services available in large cities.

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CounselingEducation, Medical, ContinuingHIV InfectionsHumansPractice Patterns, Physicians'Preventive Health ServicesNewspaper ArticleJournal Article

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2005. Prevention counseling should be ongoing. More education for docs needed.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16206403/

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