100 Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre VIH y SIDA: . - Softcover

Gallant, Joel E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284126552 ISBN 13: 9781284126556

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2017

Synopsis

This is the Spanish Version of 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and Aids, Fourth Edition. ¡EMPODÉRESE! Ya sea usted un paciente recientemente diagnosticado, un amigo o pariente de alguien que padece de VIH o SIDA, este libro puede resultarle de ayuda. Ofreciendo tanto la perspectiva del médico como la del paciente, 100 preguntas y respuestas sobre el VIH y SIDA, cuarta edición, brinda respuestas acreditadas y prácticas a las preguntas más comúnmente formuladas por los pacientes y sus seres queridos. ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre el VIH y el SIDA? ¿Cómo se puede evitar la infección por el VIH? ¿Cómo hallo el cuidado médico adecuado? Junto con las respuestas para estas y otras preguntas, este libro brinda información sobre el diagnóstico, los tratamientos, la vida con VIH y más. Escrito por un experto en la materia, 100 preguntas y respuestas sobre el VIH y SIDA, cuarta edición resulta un recurso invalorable para cualquiera que se encuentre haciéndole frente a la incertidumbre física y emocional que plantea esta enfermedad. Whether you’re a newly diagnosed patient or a friend or relative of someone suffering from HIV or Aids, this book can help. Offering both doctor and patient perspectives, 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and Aids, Fourth Edition provides authoritative and practical answers to the most commonly asked questions by patients and their loved ones. What is the difference between HIV and Aids? How can HIV infection be prevented? How do I find the right medical care? Along with the answers to these and other questions, this book provides information on diagnosis, treatment, living with HIV and more. Written by experts in the field 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and Aids, Fourth Edition is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional uncertainty of this disease. © 2018 | 266 pages

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About the Author

Joel Gallant, MD, MPH, is Medical Director of Specialty Services at Southwest CARE Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He also has faculty appointments at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Dr. Gallant is an infectious disease specialist with expertise in HIV infection and AIDS. He received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, completed his internal medicine training at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, and his infectious disease fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was on the full-time faculty for 21 years. In Santa Fe, he cares for patients and conducts research on new treatments for HIV and hepatitis C. He has served as the Chair of the HIV Medicine Association, has been on the Governing Council of the International AIDS Society, and is on the Board of Directors and the antiretroviral guidelines panel of the International Antiviral Society-USA. He is editor of The Hopkins HIV Guide, on online guide for clinicians (www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/ub), and answers questions on HIV on his blog (www.hivforum.tumblr.com). Dr. Gallant, who received the HIV Clinical Education Award from the HIV Medicine Association in 2006, is internationally recognized for his ability to communicate new research developments and treatment strategies to professional and lay audiences.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1284126552
• ISBN 13: 9781284126556
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 266