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Second Edition
By
Jane Kennedy, MSc, BSc, RGN, RM, Midwife and HIV Counsellor, St Thomas' Hospital, King's Healthcare Trust, London, UK
Description
This practical guide addresses the issues of HIV infection and its implications for both the pregnant woman and the midwife. It covers
epidemiology, transmission, the disease progress, and the provisions of holistic pregnancy care.
Contents
1 The Virus
2 Global epidemiology
3 The course of HIV disease
4 Transmission of HIV to mother and child
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Laboratory testing for HIV infection
6 Testing for HIV infection for the childbearing woman
7 Care during pregnancy, birth
and the postnatal period
8 Care of the infant
9 Health care workers and HIV infection
10 Personal perspectives
References
Appendices
Index
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Paperback, 176 pages, publication date: JUL-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5325-1
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5325-6
Imprint: BOOKS FOR MIDWIVES
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Last update: 3 Oct 2009
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