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Table 3 Relative ranking of the importance of various sources of HIV/AIDS treatment information by physicians and ASO* staff

From: Sources of evidence in HIV/AIDS care: pilot study comparing family physicians and AIDS service organization staff

Rank

Family physicians

ASO staff

#1

Clinical practice guidelines

Health care professionals

#2

Medical journals/books

Personal stories from PHAs**

#3

Health care professionals

ASOs*

#4

Conferences

Medical journals/books

#5

Internet

Conferences

#6

Personal stories from PHAs**

Clinical practice guidelines

#7

Word of mouth

Word of mouth

#8

ASOs*

News stories

#9

Pharmaceutical companies

Internet

#10

News stories

Pharmaceutical companies

  1. * AIDS service organization ** People living with HIV/AIDS