The person with HIV/AIDS
Subtitle: nursing perspectives
By: Felissa R. Lashley, Jerry D. Durham, [editors].
Contributors: Lashley, Felissa R., 1941-; Durham, Jerry D.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 644
ISBN-13: 9780826121370
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Nursing; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- nursing; HIV Infections -- nursing
Description: "This book serves as resource for nurses providing care to persons with HIV/AIDS across the spectrum of HIV disease and across a variety of practice settings. The expert contributors provide up-to-date information on the HIV pandemic, including HIV/AIDS as a chronic condition internationally served most by primary care community health centers." "The book introduces the nurse clinician to the complex concepts, unique issues, and current treatments central to caring for persons with HIV/AIDS from an international nursing perspective. Contributors offer recommendations for nursing assessment, intervention, and evaluation of HIV care in the context of advanced therapies that have prolonged the lives of persons with HIV/AIDS."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: HIV infection and AIDS : history, etiology, and transmission / Felissa R. Lashley; title: HIV screening, testing, and counseling / Donna M. Gallagher; title: The HIV disease trajectory / Carl A. Kirton; title: Ethical and legal dimensions of the HIV/AIDS pandemic / Jerry D. Durham; title: Prevention of HIV infection in the 21st century / Sande Gracia Jones and Carol A. "Pat" Patsdaughter; title: Living with HIV/AIDS / David J. Sterken; title: The medical management of HIV disease / James L. Raper; title: Managing symptoms in HIV disease / Michael K. Klebert; title: HIV/AIDS nursing case management within the global community / Deborah Gritzmacher and Richard L. Sowell; title: Caregivers of people living with HIV disease : core concerns and issues / Joan S. Grant, Norman L. Keltner, and James L. Raper; title: HIV disease and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons / J. Craig Phillips and Elizabeth M. Saewyc; title: HIV disease in minority communities : current progress and future directions / Judith B. Cornelius and Ann C. White; title: HIV infection in women / Susan W. Gaskins; title: Children and HIV prevention and management / Mary G. Boland and Deborah S. Storm; title: Aging and the person infected with HIV / Joe Burrage and David E. Vance; title: Sex workers and transmission of HIV / Jane Dimmitt Champion; title: HIV in corrections : care of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated persons / Jacqueline C. Zalumas.