The Guide to Living with HIV Infection: Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic / Edition 6

by John G. Bartlett MD, Ann K. Finkbeiner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801884863
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	10/27/2006
Series:	A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Edition description:	sixth edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.05(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: About This Book
1. When First Diagnosed: Understanding and Communicating about HIV
2. Preventing Transmission of HIV Infection: Understanding How HIV Is Spread
3. HIV Infection and Its Treatment
4. HIV Infection and Its Effects on the Emotions
5. HIV Infection and Its Effects on Interpersonal Relations
6. The Complications of HIV Infection and Their Treatment
7. Options for Medical Care: Medical Personnel and Procedures
8. Traditional Medicine
9. Practical Matters: Making Legal, Financial, and Medical Decisions
10. On Dying: Preparing for and Accepting Death
11. On Living: Tactics for Preserving Mental Health
12. What's Ahead
Appendixes
A. Resources: Where to Go for Help
B. Understanding Tests for HIV
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Mark D. Goodman, MD (Creighton University Medical Center)
Description: This softbound manual is meant to support and instruct patients living with HIV, as well as their families and loved ones. The previous edition was published in 2001.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is best expressed in the title: it is a guide to LIVING with HIV infection. The book covers the aspects of people's lives that HIV affects — physical, emotional, social, legal, and financial. These are extraordinary objectives, and they are met.
Audience: This is a notable resource and companion for people living with HIV. As a caregiver of patients with HIV, I found I learned something as well. I suspect that I am not the only one to be surprised at the depth of emotional response, financial drain, legal hazards and such that can accompany living with HIV. The authors teach at Johns Hopkins University and are notable authorities in this field.
Features: After a short introduction, the book opens with a chapter on when a patient is first diagnosed that eloquently walks readers through that experience. Subsequent chapters discuss preventing transmission, HIV infection and treatment, effects on emotions, effects on interpersonal relations, complications, making legal and financial decisions, preparing for death, and tactics for preserving mental health and preparing for living. Exhaustive and impressive! What is best about the book is the writing. It is written for lay people, and is clear and mentoring.
Assessment: I loved this book! I strongly encourage all HIV medical caregivers to recommend it to their patients. Thinking back, a book like this would have been a tremendous balm and companion to many of my patients. The new edition is certainly justified, as treatment options and HIV care decisions continue to be refined and illuminated.

Doody's Review Service

An excellent resource for a motivated patient . . . Written and compiled by people who have genuinely and carefully listened to their patients . . . An admirable achievement.

AIDS Care

The best book I know of for people with HIV infection.

Washington Post - Jay Siwek

An excellent resource for people with HIV infection, as well as those who live with or love them.

New York Times - Jane E. Brody

An excellent source of information for patients.

— Christine Jamjian

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Thoughtful and clearly written... [This] is a wonderful addition to the literature on HIV infection and will fill a very special need for many patients, their families and friends, and their providers. I recommend it highly.

— Gerald H. Friedland, M.D.

Journal of the American Medical Association

The best book I know of for people with HIV infection.

— Jay Siwek, M.D.

Washington Post

An excellent resource for people with HIV infection, as well as those who live with or love them.

— Jane E. Brody

New York Times

"An excellent source of information for patients."

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy - Christine Jamjian

"Thoughtful and clearly written... [This] is a wonderful addition to the literature on HIV infection and will fill a very special need for many patients, their families and friends, and their providers. I recommend it highly."

Journal of the American Medical Association - Gerald H. Friedland

4 Stars! from Doody

An excellent resource for a motivated patient . . . Written and compiled by people who have genuinely and carefully listened to their patients . . . An admirable achievement.
—AIDS Care

Thoughtful and clearly written . . . [This] is a wonderful addition to the literature on HIV infection and will fill a very special need for many patients, their families and friends, and their providers. I recommend it highly.
—Gerald H. Friedland, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association

An excellent source of information for patients.
—Christine Jamjian, Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

The best book I know of for people with HIV infection.
—Jay Siwek, M.D., Washington Post

An excellent resource for people with HIV infection, as well as those who live with or love them.
—Jane E. Brody, New York Times

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