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This book stands as the standard single reference for all healthcare workers managing AIDS patients. This concise text discusses every aspect of the disease, from its epidemiology and all that is known of the aetiology, to diagnosis and recognition of the different manifestations of the disease. Special emphasis is placed on the care of patients both within and outside the hospital with chapters on counselling and the psycho-social aspects, palliative care and pain control, and two chapters by patients who are HIV positive which give insight into what it is like to be infected. The book is written and edited by internationally respected specialists.
| ISBN | 0727915037 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780727915030
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 499 | | Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | | Published in | London | | Imprint | BMJ Books | | Series title | ABC S. | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780727911377 | | Publication date | 19 Sep 2001 | | Height (mm) | 297 | | DEWEY | 616.9792 | | Width (mm) | 210 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | Pages | 128 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate |
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| | | Contributors | | | | | | Preface | | | | 1 | | Development of the epidemic by Michael W. Adler | | 1 | | 2 | | The virus and the tests by P. P. Mortimer and C. Loveday | | 6 | | 3 | | Immunology of AIDS by Peter Beverley and Matthew Helbert | | 12 | | 4 | | Natural history and management of early HIV infection by Adrian Mindel and Melinda Tenant-Flowers | | 17 | | 5 | | Tumours in HIV by Caroline H. Bridgewater and Margaret F. Spittle | | 23 | | 6 | | AIDS and the lung by Rob Miller | | 30 | | 7 | | Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations by Ian McGowan and Ian V. D. Weller | | 38 | | 8 | | Neurological manifestations by Hadi Manji | | 42 | | 9 | | Treatment of infections and antiviral therapy by Ian V. D. Weller and I. G. Williams | | 46 | | 10 | | HIV infection and AIDS in the developing world by Alison D. Grant and Kevin M. De Cock | | 59 | | 11 | | Injection drug use-related HIV infection by R. P. Brettle | | 65 | | 12 | | HIV infection in children by Gareth Tudor-Williams and Diana Gibb | | 73 | | 13 | | HIV counselling and the psychosocial management of patients with HIV or AIDS by Sarah Chippindale and Lesley French | | 82 | | 14 | | Palliative care and pain control in HIV and AIDS by Rob George and Chris Farnham and Louise Schofield | | 86 | | 15 | | Control of infection policies by I. J. Hart and Celia Aitken | | 95 | | 16 | | Strategies for prevention by John Imrie and Anne M. Johnson | | 99 | | 17 | | Being HIV antibody positive by Jonathan Grimshaw | | 106 | | 18 | | Having AIDS by Caroline Guinness | | 108 | | | | Index | | 111 |
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