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[Home care for the terminally ill HIV patient]

An Med Interna. 1997 Feb;14(2):93-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/97269431
Bascunana Morejon de Giron J; Sanz de Barros R; de la Pena Gonzalez M; Candel Monserrate I; Servicio de Medicina Interna II, Hospital Universitario San Carlos,; Madrid.

Abstract: Until now, the care of HIV patients, essentially were in the hospital; but the increase in the number of this and the news aspects of them have conditioned changes in the form of assistance. The primary assistance of this patients include prevention, precocious diagnostics, control of assymptomatics patients and diagnosticand-treatment of complications. The last important aspect is home care of terminal patients whose the hospitable assistance is not beneficial as soon as the family support.
Keywords: *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/THERAPY *Home Care Services *Terminal CareKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/therapyKWDhomecareservicesKWDterminalcare
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