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Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS : insights from youths living with the virus
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Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS : insights from youths living with the virus

Author: Maureen E Lyon; Lawrence J D'Angelo
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
Series: Sex, love, and psychology
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Maureen E Lyon; Lawrence J D'Angelo
ISBN: 0275988929 9780275988920
OCLC Number: 70256551
Description: xii, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Foreword / Judy Kuriansky -- Introduction / Maureen E. Lyon and Lawrence J. D'Angelo -- pt. 1. Understanding medical and treatment issues -- 1. HIV in youth : how are they different? / Audrey Smith Rogers -- 2. HIV infection and AIDS : the biology of the disease in adolescents / Hans Spiegel and Lawrence J. D'Angelo -- 3. Caring for HIV-infected teens / Lawrence J. D'Angelo -- 4. Adherence to medications for HIV : teens say, "too many, too big, too often" / Linda J. Koenig and Pamela J. Bachanas -- 5. New treatments for HIV : what the future holds / Ligia Peralta -- pt. 2. Matters of mind -- 6. Learning to live with an epidemic : reducing stigma and increasing safe and sensitive socializing with persons with HIV / Beatrice J. Krauss, Christopher Godfrey, Joanne O'Day, Elizabeth Freidin, and Robert Kaplan -- 7. HIV disclosure : who knows? who needs to know? clinical and ethical considerations / Lori Wiener and Maureen E. Lyon -- 8. Mental health issues for children infected and affected by HIV and their families / Willo Pequegnat -- 9. Preventing HIV infection in adolescents : what works for uninfected teens / Ralph J. DiClemente and Richard A. Crosby -- 10. Programs that work : prevention for positives / Heather D. Tevendale and Marguerita Lightfoot -- pt. 3. Providing support -- 11. The voices of teens living with HIV : how you can support us / Latoya C. Conner, Arnita M. Wilson, and Maureen E. Lyon -- 12. Teen talk : living with HIV / Lori Wiener and Lauren V. Wood -- 13. When all else fails : end-of-life care for adolescents / Maureen E. Lyon and Maryland Pao -- 14. The children left behind / Audrey Smith Rogers -- Appendix : additional resources / Susan Keller -- Index -- About the editors and contributors.
Series Title: Sex, love, and psychology
Responsibility: edited by Maureen E. Lyon and Lawrence J. D'Angelo.
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