Comprehensive Care for HIV/AIDS (Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare) - Softcover

Scheid, Teresa L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138284920 ISBN 13: 9781138284920

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

A comprehensive health care system consists of services that are coordinated and integrated along the full continuum of care. For HIV patients, this includes physical health care, infectious disease management, crisis care, mental health care, substance abuse counseling, and social support services including housing, transportation, subsistence, and supports for dealing with multiple sources of stigma. This book highlights the dilemmas faced in providing comprehensive, integrated care to individuals living with HIV, providing both an understanding of existing efforts to integrate diverse systems of care, as well as insight into ways in which systems of care must be challenged in order to meet the needs of people living with HIV. Comprehensive Care for HIV/AIDS is the result of collaborative work with the county Health Department, numerous community-based organizations, and several planning boards in a metropolitan area, which have sought to provide integrated care to people living with HIV. It will be a valuable resource to the diverse community of HIV researchers, advocates and providers.

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About the Author

Teresa L. Scheid is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with appointments in Public Policy, Public Health, and Health Services Research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138284920
• ISBN 13: 9781138284920
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 138