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AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome) is one of the most perplexing health problems confronting everyone today. The Essential AIDS Fact Book can help you to protect your health now -- while scientists work toward developing a vaccine and better treatments.
TRANSMISSION ROUTES -- the infection that causes AIDS is transmitted only through the transfer of infected blood or sexual fluids, or from mother to fetus
RISK REDUCTION GUIDELINES -- how to assess the risk of specific sexual activities; how to make your sex life safer, including proper use of condoms; what intravenous drug users should know about AIDS prevention
THE TRUTH ABOUT CASUAL CONTACT -- no danger from ordinary nonsexual contact with infected people, according to scientific studies
ANTIBODY TESTING -- why new developments in treatment mean that all those at significant risk for being infected should be anonymously antibody tested; why a positive test result is not the same as a diagnosis of AIDS; the importance of counseling
NEW TREATMENTS -- how infected people can stay healthier longer; immune function monitoring with T4 cell counts; the most dangerous infection in AIDS is now preventable; use of antivirals can slow the disease
INSURANCE AND LEGAL INFORMATION -- how to get and keep your health insurance; how to fight discrimination and preserve confidentiality
RESOURCE GUIDE -- hot line numbers, AIDS education, counseling, anonymous testing sites, medical information, legal advice.
A portion of the proceeds from this book will be contributed to AIDS education and research.
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About the Author:
Laura Pinsky is the director of the Columbia Gay Health Advocacy Project. Ms. Pinsky is also a psychotherapist at the Columbia University Health Service Counseling and Psychology Service and in private practice in New York City. Paul Harding Douglas was the former co-director of the Columbia Gay Health Advocacy Project. He was a faculty member of the Cornell University Medical College and a senior research associate at the Cornell AIDS Clinical Trial Unit. They have based this book on ten years' work counseling and lecturing about AIDS at Columbia and consulting for the Gay Men's Health Crisis and other organizations. They are also the authors of a book on treatments and early intervention for AIDS and HIV disease entitled The Essential HIV Treatment Fact Book.
Paul Douglas died of AIDS in July 1995.
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Paul Douglas died of AIDS in July 1995.
Richard Keeling, M.D. Chair, Task Force on AIDS, American College Health Association Outstanding -- the best available comprehensive information on AIDS for the general reader. -- Review
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- PublisherPocket
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 067173184X
- ISBN 13 9780671731847
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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