Psychosocial issues surrounding HIV infection that affect rehabilitation
Tags: AIDS (Disease) -- Patients; HIV infections -- Treatment; REHABILITATION
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- Editorial Response: Time for a New Paradigm--Optimal Management Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and AIDS. // Clinical Infectious Diseases;1/1/99, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p23
Focuses on the debate on how to organize medical care for patients with HIV infection. Decentralization of care for HIV infection among primary care providers; Inexperience of providers or hospitals leading to treatment differences.
- Waiting for Treatments. Helquist, Michael // Advocate;2/28/89, Issue 519, p30
Reports on the developments in the treatment for HIV infection and AIDS. Improvement of clinical management and drugs that delay or halt infections; Introduction of a Swedish drug called fluorine-thymidine which inhibit the spread of HIV; Comparison with other drugs.
- A price worth paying? Day, Michael // New Scientist;04/12/97, Vol. 154 Issue 2077, p14
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- HAART: A Cost-Effective Option for South Africa. // PLoS Medicine;Jan2006, Vol. 3 Issue 1, pe37
The article presents information on a study on the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa. The researchers compared the cost of services for a number of patients who were given HAART with the costs for a matched comparison group...
- Life-or-Death Lottery. Zarembo, Alan // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);07/05/99, Vol. 134 Issue 1, p27
Reports that a lottery is being used in Guatemala City, Guatemala to determine which one of three AIDS patients will be treated with a medical drug cocktail. The limited supply of drugs in the Luis Angel Garcia AIDS clinic at the San Juan de Dios General Hospital; Donation of drugs from people...
- HIV PREVENTION: A SOUND GLOBAL INVESTMENT. // Foreign Affairs;May/Jun2003 Supplement, Vol. 82 Issue 3, p22
Even with recent declines in the price of antiretroviral therapy, lifetime costs for treating a case of HIV infection in a developing country will be substantial. To preserve the hope of effective long-term treatment for the 40 million people living with HIV/AIDS, prevention efforts must be...
- Life-or-Death Lottery. Zarembo, Alan // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);07/05/99, Vol. 134 Issue 1, p25
Reports that a lottery is being used in Guatemala City, Guatemala to determine which one of three AIDS patients will be treated with a medical drug cocktail. The limited supply of drugs in the Luis Angel Garcia AIDS clinic at the San Juan de Dios General Hospital; Donation of drugs from people...
- 'Salvage' Is Key for Thousands. // Guide;Jul2006, Vol. 26 Issue 7, p99
The article reports that salvage therapy is the last hope for HIV patients, whose drug regimens no longer work, in the U.S. Some physicians are trying to gain access to experimental medications while others put their patient back to previous drugs. Physician Steven Deeks stated that most...
- One thousand words. // CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal;3/18/2003, Vol. 168 Issue 6, p748
Reports that only five percent of people with HIV/AIDS have access to life-prolonging medication. Efforts of the organization Doctors without Borders to gather financial support for struggling economies; Consideration of commercial rights such as patent protection.
