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Overview

Written by three experts with extensive experience helping people with HIV/AIDS, this trusted resource is the complete guide to better physical and emotional health for women living with HIV or AIDS. It covers the full range of health and emotional issues faced by people with HIV while also addressing topics of special interest to women, including gynecologic disorders, reproductive choices, contraception, and pregnancy.

The world of HIV/AIDS diagnosis and therapy is changing dramatically. At-home testing is now available, people exposed to the virus may be able to get immediate treatment, and the number of dominant classes of HIV treatment has increased from four to six. This new edition of A Woman’s Guide to Living with HIV Infection includes the latest information on diagnosis and treatments as well as recent findings about pregnancy and HIV, starting treatments when you have HIV-related complications, liver health and hepatitis, and sexual health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421405483
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2012
Series:	A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Edition description:	second edition
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Rebecca A. Clark, M.D., Ph.D., is the lead physician in the HIV Outpatient Program at the Louisiana State University Health Science Center.

Robert T. Maupin, Jr., M.D., FACOG, is a clinician and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine division at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

Jill Hayes, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist in private practice and an adjunct associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. She is the coauthor, with Dr. Rebecca A/ Clark, of A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection, also published by Johns Hopkins

Introduction: Women and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Part One: Adjusting to Life with HIV Infection
1. Testing for HIV
2. Finding a Primary Care Provider and Preparing for Your Visit
3. HIV, the Immune System, and Monitoring Tests
Part Two: Meeting the Challenge of HIV Infection
4. Recognizing Symptoms and Preventing Complications
5. Hepatitis and the Liver
6. Treatments for HIV
Part Three: Sexual and Gynecologic Health
7. Protecting Yourself and Others
8. Gynecologic Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
9. Human Papillomavirus Infections, Genital Warts, and Abnormal Pap Smears
Part Four: Reproduction
10. Considering Pregnancy and Birth Control
11. Pregnancy
12. Menstrual Periods
Part Five: Taking Care of Yourself: Special Considerations
13. Breast Health, Bone Health, and Heart Health
14. Alcohol Dependence, Drug Addiction, and Treatment
15. Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse
16. Managing Your Feelings
17. Chronic Pain, Palliative Care, and Hospice
18. Planning for the Future
19. Research Studies and Clinical Trials
Appendix 1: Sample Tracking Sheet for Medications, Tests, and Vaccinations
Appendix 2: Resources for People with HIV
Glossary
Key References
Index

What People are Saying About This

Judith S. Currier

The authors have succeeded in the challenging task of writing a book that will educate and empower women with HIV to fully participate in their care—and one that is both up to date and written at a level that is understandable to lay readers without being too simplistic. This book meets a great need within the community of women with HIV.

— Judith S. Currier, M.D., UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Editorial Reviews

A wealth of information is included in a holistic, patient oriented format with helpful key questions prefacing each chapter and many supplemental, easy to understand tables and charts.
—Reference and Research Book News

Covering the medical, emotional, and social issues facing women with HIV infection, the authors' approach is easy to follow: a series of questions at the beginning of each chapter, with key points at the end.
—New York Times

This is by far one of the best guides published for women.
—AIDS Book Review Journal

A real strength . . . is its attention to the nonmedical concerns that can be so easily overlooked.
—Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Clear, comprehensive, recent information for women with the human immunodeficiency virus.
—Vancouver Sun

From the Publisher

Covering the medical, emotional, and social issues facing women with HIV infection, the authors' approach is easy to follow: a series of questions at the beginning of each chapter, with key points at the end.

New York Times

A wealth of information is included in a holistic, patient oriented format with helpful key questions prefacing each chapter and many supplemental, easy to understand tables and charts.

Reference and Research Book News

This is by far one of the best guides published for women.

AIDS Book Review Journal

A real strength... is its attention to the nonmedical concerns that can be so easily overlooked.

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Clear, comprehensive, recent information for women with the human immunodeficiency virus.

Vancouver Sun

Every year thousands of American women are diagnosed with HIV. Currently, a quarter of the 850,000 to 950,000 Americans with HIV or AIDS are women. Internist Clark, obstetrician/gynecologist Robert Maupin, and psychologist Jill Hayes Hammer merge their expert perspectives on living with HIV to produce a comprehensive, practical, yet consultable and reassuring guide. They address a multitude of topics in great detail that relate specifically to women with HIV/AIDS: adjusting to life with HIV; treating symptoms, complications, and the virus itself; sexual, contraceptive, and reproductive issues; and a variety of important related subjects. Appendix 1 is a sample tracking sheet for medications, tests, and vaccinations, and Appendix 2 lists resources for people with HIV. An excellent glossary is also provided. Although other books (e.g., Patricia A. Lather's Troubling the Angels; Dorie J. Gilbert and Ednita M. Wright's African American Women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Responses) address the issue of women and HIV/AIDS, most offer a sociopolitical perspective and are rather old. This is the most complete and up-to-date consumer guide available. Strongly recommended for all consumer health and most health sciences libraries.-Linda M.G. Katz, Drexel Univ. Health Sciences Libs., Philadelphia Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

A clearly written, comforting guide for women newly diagnosed with HIV... Highly recommended for consumer health collections.
— Cara Helfner

Consumer Connections

A clearly written, comforting guide for women newly diagnosed with HIV... The authors address a comprehensive range of health, therapeutic, emotional and financial issues facing those with HIV, with chapters focusing on specific concerns to women, including gynecologic disorders, menstruation, pregnancy and domestic violence.
— Cara Helfner

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A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection

A Woman's Guide to Living with HIV Infection

Hardcover(second edition)

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