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The guide to living with HIV infection : developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic / John G. Bartlett, Ann K. Finkbeiner.
Holman Biotech Commons RC606.64 .B376 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartlett, John G.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins Press health book
- A Johns Hopkins Press health book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--Popular works.
- AIDS (Disease).
- HIV Infections--psychology.
- Attitude to Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- HIV Infections--psychology.
- Attitude to Health.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 428 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- A guide to living with HIV infection. In this new edition, Dr. John Bartlett and Ann Finkbeiner thoroughly update their discussion of the disease, from the evolving issue of when to start treatment to the new and sophisticated tests for the response to treatment, for the state of the immune system, and for HIV's resistance to various drugs. They describe these drugs' unanticipated side effects, among which are changes in peoples' appearances and increases in the lipid levels of their blood. They offer advice on adhering to the drugs' regimen - a regimen so strict and demanding that even AIDS doctors, in trials using placebos, failed it. And they explain the medical strategies by which the levels of HIV can be pushed down to an undetectable level and made to stay there.
- Contents:
- When first diagnosed : understanding and communicating about HIV
- Preventing transmission of HIV infection : understanding how HIV is spread
- HIV infection and its treatment
- HIV infection and its effects on the emotions
- HIV infection and its effects on interpersonal relations
- The complications of HIV infection and their treatment
- HIV-associated dementia : HIV and the central nervous system
- Options for medical care : medical personnel and procedures
- Traditional and alternative medicine
- Practical matters : making legal, financial, and medical decisions
- On dying : preparing for and accepting death
- On living : tactics for preserving mental health
- What's ahead.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801867436
- 0801867444
- OCLC:
- 45700115
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