HIV and AIDS
A foundation for nursing and healthcare practice
Pratt, Robert J.
creator
text
xxu
Malta
Bookpower
2003
5th ed
monographic
eng
xi, 464p.: 25 cm
CONTENTS
The evolution of a pandemic
Understanding the causes of AIDs- the biology of the virus
Retroviruses-the cause of AIDs
HIV transmission
Understanding immunology
Cellular pathogenesis and the journey towards AIDs
The clinical spectrum of HIV diseases
Tuberculosis and HIV disease
Viral hepatitis and HIV diseases
The impact of HIV infection on women
Preventing mother-to-child transmission
Children and HIV diseases
A strategy for infection control in nursing practice
preventing and managing occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens
The individualized care of patients with HIV diseases
Nutrition and HIV diseases
The nurse as a health educator
Understanding antiretroviral therapy
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy
Complementary and alternative approaches to care
HIV diseases in the industrially developing world
Pratt, Robert J.
Includes index
RC606 P73 2003
0340808772
KUSN
240502
20240502151813.0
eng