Encyclopedia of Women's Health
Author: Sana Lou
The Encyclopedia speaks to the health concerns that face women today, and the needs of everyone involved in preserving female health and well-being: physicians, nurses, therapists, caseworkers, educators, mentors. In addition, government agencies, departments of public health, academic libraries, women's health organizations and women's studies programs will benefit from this timely volume.
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Reviewer: Sally Ling, M.D. (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine)
Description: This book intends to bring together knowledge on topics related to women's health from a wide range of fields including medicine, law, psychology, and others.
Purpose: The book is written as a reference for both non-health and health professionals looking to understand more about fields outside of their own immediate areas of knowledge. There is an assembly of a large amount current information in this one resource.
Audience: This reference is targeted at any one with interest pertaining to women's health in a broad context.
Features: The first section of the book covers several foundational aspects including the history and evolution of women's health and related issues particularly from a psychosocial context. The second portion covers topics quite succinctly in alphabetic format.
Assessment: This book will be of interest to those working with women in health related fields. It provides useful updated information in an easy to read format.
Rating
3 Stars from Doody
Interesting book: Public House or Islands of the Mediterranean
The Guide to Living with HIV Infection: Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic
Author: John G Bartlett
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.
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Reviewer: Mark D. Goodman, MD (Creighton University Medical Center)
Description: This is un updated edition of a self-care and caregivers manual for those living with or affected by HIV. Previous editions were published in 1991,1993, 1996, and 1998. Thirteen chapters address topics such as understanding and communicating about HIV, HIV infection and its treatment, options for medical care, traditional and alternative medicine, with separate chapters on dying, and on living.
Purpose: The book is meant to be a "companion and a guide" for those living with HIV, as stated by the authors in the introduction. The objective is worthy, and very well met.
Audience: Written by two very credible authors, the book is intended primarily for patients and their loved ones, but I found it to be a very comprehensive brush-up as an HIV physician. There is a tremendous wealth of material in this book, and it is presented so well that it is a pleasure to read. As an insider in the medical profession, I believe we often lose sight of how monolithic and frightening the medical system must seem to some of our patients. This book serves to tease apart the terms, define the roles in the relationship between doctor and patient, and cast light upon the process.
Features: The book is intended to be comprehensive, but the authors state in the introduction that two facets of HIV care were deliberately omitted:HIV home care and HIV in children:presumably because of the specific nature of the subjects. What I like best about the book is the "cast of characters" that a patient might come up against while an inpatient. The book employs the use of eight "voices," real quotes from fictional characters, that help to convey the spirit of what is being discussed.
Assessment: The book is excellent. I look forward to recommending it to my patients (in fact, it would make my job a lot easier if we ALL read it), and I have seen no other books written for patients with HIV that are as complete, thoughtful, resourceful and respectful as this book. Frequent changes in the medical standards of care necessitate this new edition, and no doubt future editions will also be necessary.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
Table of Contents:
Contents:
Introduction: About This Book
Chapter 1 When First Diagnosed: Understanding and Communicating about HIV
Chapter 2 Preventing Transmission of HIV Infection: Understanding How HIV Is Spread
Chapter 3 HIV Infection and Its Treatment
Chapter 4 HIV Infection and Its Effects on the Emotions
Chapter 5 HIV Infection and Its Effects on Interpersonal Relationships
Chapter 6 The Complications of HIV Infection and Their Treatment
Chapter 7 HIV-Associated Dementia: HIV and the Central Nervous System
Chapter 8 Options for Medical Care: Medical Personnel and Procedures
Chapter 9 Traditional and Alternative Medicine
Chapter 10 Practical Matters: Making Legal, Financial, and Medical Decisions
Chapter 11 On Dying: Preparing for and Accepting Death
Chapter 12 On Living: Tactics for Preserving Mental Health
Chapter 13 What's Ahead
Appendixes
A. Resources: Where to Go for Help
B. Understanding Tests for HIV
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index
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