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OverviewAt the beginning of the 21st century, over 30 million people are estimated to be living with HIV which has penetrated every country on earth. As the chapters in this volume attest, HIV/AIDS at the end of the 1990s, at least in the developed world, is a chronic disease, requiring different approaches to its treatment and prevention. For example, HIV's lethality was largely the result of the opportunistic infections it engendered. As these infections are increasingly brought under control and prevented, HIV's underappreciated role as a potent carcinogen is emerging. Thus, the next challenge posed by HIV will likely include the diagnosis and treatment of HIV-related cancers and other problems associated with living longer with inactive but latent HIV. The editors have broadly adopted George Engel's biopsychosocial model of disease as the conceptual framework for this volume. To be effective, it is clear that all HIV interventions, including biomedical ones, need to constitute a comprehensive, multi-dimensional approach, which incorporates an understanding of HIV's complex biology, its effect on multiple body systems, the mind, the individual's role in family, work and society, as well as HIV's impact on the communities and societies in which it is embedded. This collection of chapters by some of the leading experts working in the HIV biopsychosocial arena illustrates the importance of multidisciplinary studies of the whole patient-mind, body, and social contexts - as an integratal part of medical research on HIV. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nott , Kavita Vedhara , Kenneth H. Nott , Kavita VedharaPublisher: Harwood-Academic Publishers Imprint: Harwood-Academic Publishers Volume: v. 2 Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9789058230379ISBN 10: 9058230376 Pages: 323 Publication Date: 01 May 2000 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsImmune pathogenesis of HIV/AIDS; stressors in HIV infection; stressors in HIV infection in a developing country - the Indian experience; neuropsychological and psychiatric aspects of HIV infection; psychosocial determinants of emotional well-being in HIV infection; the influence of psychosocial factors and biomedical interventions on quality of life; psychoneuroimmunology and HIV infection; psychosocial and immunological aspects of long-term survival with HIV/AIDS; psychosocial interventions in HIV infection; a new strain of HIV? The impact of HIV infection on formal caregivers and options for management.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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