The Guide to Living with HIV Infection
Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic
3rd Edition
Published on 9. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-8018-5359-3 (ISBN)
Description
This text explains how HIV is transmitted, evaluates available treatment and prevention, provides advice on coping with the emotional effects of infection, and considers financial and legal concerns. This edition also includes coverage of new drugs, special considerations for women, recent data on CF4 cell counts and viral load, revised definitions of the stages of infection, facts about opportunistic infections, and new data on prevention.
Reviews / Votes
"A guide for those who find themselves infected and a mine of information for everyone else."--David Perlman, 'San Francisco Chronicle' "The best book I know of for people with HIV infection."--Jay Siwek, M.D., 'Washington Post'More details
Series
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
560 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-5359-3 (9780801853593)
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John G. Bartlett | Ann K. Finkbeiner
The Guide to Living with HIV Infection
Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic
Book
05/1991
Johns Hopkins University Press
€33.62
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Persons
John G. Bartlett, M.D., is professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the Infectious Diseases Division at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Ann K. Finkbeiner is a science writer and teaches at the Johns Hopkins University's Writing Seminars.