Awkward moments in patient-physician communication about HIV risk

who are at risk for HIV infertion, but they often evaluate risk behaviors ineffectively. Objective: To describe the barriers to and facilitators of comprehensive HIV risk evaluation in primary care office visits. Design: Qualitative tbematic and sequential analysis of videotaped patient-pbysician discussions about HIV risk. Tapes were reviewed independently by physician and pa-tient and were coded by tbe research team. Setting: Physicians'offices. — ^-Participants: Convenience sample of 17 family pbysicians and general internists. Twenty-six consenting patients 18 to 45 years of age who indicated concern about or risks for HIV infection on a 10-item questionnaire administered before tbe physician visit were included