The Medical management of AIDS in women

Author(s)

• Cotton, Deborah J.
• Watts, D. Heather

Bibliographic Information

The Medical management of AIDS in women

edited by Deborah Cotton, D. Heather Watts

Wiley-Liss, c1997

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book explores the special issues encountered in treating women with AIDS including: mode of transmission, contraception, gender specific manifestations of the disease, and drug treatments during pregnancy. It addresses all aspects of the medical management of the female AIDS patient and discusses prevention of HIV infection, legal issues, HIV testing and counseling, and perinatal transmission.

Table of Contents

• Epidemiology
• transmission
• pathophysiology
• natural history of HIV in women
• management of HIV infection in women
• prevention of HIV infection in women.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA29412036
• ISBN:
  • 0471076740
• LCCN: 95048022
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 466 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC607.A26
  • NLM : WC 503.2 M488 1996
  • DC20 : 616.97/9206/082
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : AIDS (Disease)
  • LCSH : Women -- Diseases
  • MESH : Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- therapy
  • MESH : Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • MESH : Women's Health