Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de santé publique
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A mail survey on several medical and social issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic was conducted among Québec physicians of a random sample. Of 1,530 physicians, 879 (57.5%) returned their completed questionnaire. ⋯ Logistic regression suggests that the perceived risk of contracting HIV through contact with patients is directly related to the physicians' type of medical training and to their estimate of the risk of contamination with a contaminated needle. Finally, a third of the respondents consider continuing medical education on AIDS insufficient in the Province of Québec while 82.1% want to improve their knowledge about AIDS.