There is hope
Subtitle: learning to live with HIV
By: written and edited by Janice Ferri.
Publisher: HIVCO
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Mount Prospect, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Patients.; HIV infections.
Other titles: Learning to live with HIV.
Description: Most people want two things: information and hope. This book was written to provide both for people who have tested positive for HIV or been diagnosed with AIDS.... Finding out as much as possible about your condition is the first, most important of these measures.... No one publication can address every issue or answer every question.... What we will do is give you an overview of HIV disease, introduce you to some men and women who are living with it, and point you in the direction of resources that can help you learn to do the same.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Questions and answers about HIV; title: Voices of hope; title: First steps: Taking charge; Finding and working with a doctor; Exploring the range of treatments; Telling others; Learning to live with HIV; title: Getting through the runaround : Insurance ; Government assistance programs ; Financial planning ; Your legal rights; title: Prepared for whatever comes.