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Roque Anthony F Velasco1, Amanda J Golino, Justin Fontenot
1Roque Anthony F. Velasco is a PhD student at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and senior NP at Desert AIDS Project, Amanda J. Golino is a critical care clinical nurse specialist and DNP student, and Justin Fontenot is an assistant professor at the LHC Group-Myers School of Nursing at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Contact author: Justin Fontenot, justin.fontenot@louisiana.edu . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
Current practices are discriminatory and no longer supported by science.
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