HIV/AIDS: A Guide to Primary Care Management

HIV/AIDS: A Guide to Primary Care Management
ISBN-10
0721673228
ISBN-13
9780721673226
Series
HIV/AIDS
Category
Medical / Nursing / General
Pages
544
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
W.B. Saunders
Authors
Peter J. Ungvarski, Jacquelyn Haak Flaskerud

Description

This 1998 AJN Book of the Year provides an interdisciplinary case management approach to the care of people living with HIV/AIDS. You'll find complete coverage of health promotion and disease prevention; clinical manifestations and management approaches for patients of all ages; maternal/child concerns; psychosocial and psychiatric issues; needs of special populations; cultural and spiritual issues; pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, alternative, and complementary therapies; legal and ethical concerns; nursing care in community, home, institutional, long-term, residential, and hospice settings; and the overall effectiveness of today's health care system in meeting AIDS patients' needs.

  • a research-based approach to careand when data is not available uses evidence-based practice.
    • Explores both the physiological and psychosocial factors relevant to HIV prevention and health promotion.
  • Offers coverage of maternal/child concerns...the needs of special populations...social, cultural, spiritual and psychiatric issues...legal and ethical considerations...and many other aspects of client care.
    • Examines a wide spectrum of approaches to symptom management, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions as well as alternative and complementary therapies.
  • Integrates issues in community-based and long-term care including home care, home infusion therapy, institutional long-term care, residential care, and hospice care.
    • Supports the psychosocial needs of professionals who care for people with HIV disease.

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