A practical guide for primary health care personnel in the clinical and supportive care of people with HIV/AIDS. This book is a user-friendly, practical guide for medical personnel who treat, care for, or support people with HIV/AIDS at the primary care level. This updated edition addresses many areas including TB, STDs, HIV testing, counselling, treatment, education terminal care, specific needs of women and children, mother to child transmission and risk and injury to health care personnel. Illustrations are used throughout the book to promote a caring, accepting attidue to AIDS. In addition to doctors and primary care nurses, this book is also useful for counsellors, social workers, psychologists, alternative health care professionals and therapists. It also serves as a useful reference guide in clinics and in the training of personnel.
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 148 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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978-1-874955-53-5 (9781874955535)
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The author, Dr Clive Evian, is a primary care and community health physician. He has been fully involved with the HIV and AIDS epidemic for the past decade. He provides a freelance consulting service to public, private and NGO sectors. He is also a consultant for HIV care policy and best practice for the AIDS Directorate of the South African Government's Department of Health. Dr Evian has extensive experience in the public and private sectors, and has written and published widely on various aspects of the HIV epidemic.
A message to healthcare workers; about this book; Aids; a new and unique challenge; the spread of HIV infection; from HIV infection to AIDS; HIV testing and pre-Test / post-test counselling; primary care for early (Asymptomatic) HIV infection; primary care for advanced (Symptomatic) HIV disease and AIDS; guidelines for recognising and managing common and important HIV-associated conditions; children with HIV infection and AIDS; women with HIV infection and AIDS; reducing mother to child HIV transmission; AIDS and tuberculosis; sexually transmitted diseases; counselling; the care of people; who are in pain; discomfort or are dying; AIDS and the health care worker.
