The Guide to Living With HIV Infection - Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic

Informationen zum Autor John G. Bartlett, M.D., is a professor of medicine and director of the AIDS Care Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Ann K. Finkbeiner is an award-winning science journalist and regular contributor to Science, The Sciences, and USA Today and coauthor of The Guide to Living with HIV Infection , also available from Johns Hopkins. Klappentext The Guide to Living with HIV Infection is the most complete source of medical! emotional! social! and practical advice available for those infected with HIV and their loved ones. Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic! the guide provides essential information for making decisions about treatment and testing in a world transformed by new research and pharmacotherapy. In this thoroughly updated sixth edition! Dr. John Bartlett and Ann K. Finkbeiner address the latest information about risks of transmission! viral mutations that confer drug resistance! and new! rapid! HIV testing. They offer guidelines for Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART)! a therapy protocol that has dramatically increased life expectancy for HIV-positive people. They describe how to follow HAART and when to change drug regimens! the symptoms of and treatments for HAART side effects! and the costs of and insurance coverage for HAART. They also outline the possibilities for a diagnosis of "no detectable virus." Accompanied by updated references and resources! the sixth edition of The Guide to Living with HIV Infection offers new hope for people living with a virus that once left no hope at all. Zusammenfassung "Accompanied by updated references and resources, the sixth edition of The Guide to Living with HIV Infection offers new hope for people living with a virus that once left no hope at all.

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• Authors: John G Bartlett, John G. Bartlett, John G. (Professor of Medicine Bartlett, John G./ Finkbeiner Bartlett, Bartlett John G., Ann K Finkbeiner, Ann K. Finkbeiner, Finkbeiner Ann K.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.10.2006
• EAN: 9780801884856
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8485-6
• No. of pages: 396
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Johns Hopkins Press Health Book; A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / AIDS & HIV, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Hiv / Aids: Social Aspects, HIV / AIDS, Medicine: HIV/AIDS, retroviral diseases, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General