ABC of AIDS: HIV counselling and the psychosocial management of patients with HIV or AIDS
Tags: COUNSELING; HIV-positive persons; ALTERNATIVE medicine; AIDS (Disease) -- Patients
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- The `alternative' war on AIDS. Streit, Rachel A. // Natural Health;Mar/Apr96, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p30
Features the AIDS Alternative Health Project (AAHP) in Chicago, Illinois which provides alternative treatment for people with HIV and AIDS in the United States. Foundation; Services offered; Therapies for HIV-positive persons; List of several centers providing alternative healthcare for AIDS...
- Using the spiritual perspective in counseling persons with HIV/AIDS: An integrative approach. Burke, Mary Thomas; Miller, Geri // Counseling & Values;Apr96, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p185
Explores counseling persons infected with HIV and AIDS, within specific themes of rejection, powerlessness and death. Common concerns of people with HIV and AIDS; Selected quotations from several interviews with persons diagnosed with HIV/AIDS; Impact on the counselor; Recommendations to make...
- Relaxation Response with Acupuncture Trial in Patients with HIV: Feasibility and Participant Experiences. Bei-Hung Chang; Boehmer, Ulrike; Yue Zhao; Sommers, Elizabeth // Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine;Sep2007, Vol. 13 Issue 7, p719
Objectives: The study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) using a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) design poses challenges, such as treatment standardization and blinding. We designed an RCT, which avoided these two common challenges, to evaluate the effect of adding the relaxation...
- Free perinatal advice from HIV/AIDS experts. // Contemporary OB/GYN;Jul2005, Vol. 50 Issue 7, p97
Presents information on the development of the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center in San Francisco, California in July 2005. Importance of the hotline to HIV and AIDS patients in the state; Benefits of clinicians from the hotline; Contact number.
- Bonnie McFarlane. Kikel, Rudy // Bay Windows;1/6/2000, pN.PAG
Interviews Bonnie McFarlane, executive director at Positive Directions, a grassroots peer support program for people living with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones. Ethnic roots; Reaction to the response towards the death of the six firefighters from Worcester; Career background.
- Silent Casualties: Partners, Families, and Spouses of Persons With AIDS. Williams, R. Jane; Stafford, William B. // Journal of Counseling & Development;May/Jun91, Vol. 69 Issue 5, p423
When AIDS is diagnosed, more than one person are affected. Partners. families, and spouses of persons with AIDS (PWAs) also find their lives irrevocably changed by the disease. To date, however, most of the counseling, psychological, and psychiatric literature has focused on the diagnosed EWA...
- Shanti Project:. Huber, Jeffrey T.; Gillaspy, Mary L. // Encyclopedic Dictionary of AIDS-Related Terminology;2000, p199
A definition of the term "Shanti Project" is presented. It refers to the organization, founded in 1975, that provide volunteer counseling services to individuals and their loved ones who are affected by AIDS or HIV. Volunteers are matched with clients based on a variety of identified needs in...
- Use of complementary therapies to treat patients with HIV/AIDS. Palmer, Richard // Nursing Standard;8/20/2008, Vol. 22 Issue 50, p35
This article investigates the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in people living with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS pandemic people living with HIV/AIDS have turned to CAM, either to...
- Further Reading. // Youth with HIV/AIDS: Living with the Diagnosis;2008, p124
This section presents a list of books on people with HIV/AIDS.
