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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811247203321

Titolo

The person with HIV/AIDS : nursing perspectives / / Jerry D. Durham, Felissa R. Lashley, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-282-32846-8

9786612328466

0-8261-2138-1

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (663 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LashleyFelissa R. <1941->

DurhamJerry D

Disciplina

616.97/920231

616.97920231

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Nursing

HIV infections

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; SECTION I: HIV DISEASE: CORE ISSUES; SECTION II: PREVENTING, DIAGNOSING, AND MANAGING HIV DISEASE; SECTION III: SPECIAL POPULATIONS; APPENDICES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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, inter