Title: HIV manual for health care professionals /
Authors: Muma, Richard D.
Publisher: Appleton & Lange,
Year: 1994
Subjects: HIV-positive persons Care Handbooks, manuals, etc.; HIV Infections nursing
Contents: Introduction -- Epidemiology -- Immunology -- Etiology and pathogenesis -- Pre- and posttest counseling -- Treatment of the primary infection and vaccines -- Diagnosis and treatment of common infections and malignancies -- Hepatitis -- Syphilis -- Recognition and management of adverse drug reactions -- Interpreting laboratory data -- Dermatologic manifestations -- Women and HIV -- Evaluation of adult patients infected with HIV -- Pediatric HIV infection -- Social worker assessment and intervention -- Dentistry and AIDS -- Nursing assessment of HIV-positive patients -- Outpatient nursing -- Prevention -- Social and psychological aspects of AIDS.