(ATN) AIDS Treatment in Prison: Booklet Useful for Non-Prisoners, Too

(ATN) AIDS Treatment in Prison: Booklet Useful for Non-Prisoners, Too

AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Issue #183, September 17, 1993
John S. James

The Treatment Education Program of AIDS Project Los Angeles has published a 46-page booklet, BE GOOD TO YOURSELF: A SELF- CARE MANUAL FOR INMATES LIVING WITH HIV. It focuses on what can be done with treatments which are likely to be accessible to prisoners. These approaches are therefore accessible to most people without difficulty.

Chapters include acupressure, stress reduction, exercise, massage, nutritional supplements (which some prisons allow), AIDS prevention information, and a resource list for prisoners. This book does not include Western medicine in prison, or the related issues of access and standards of care.

"Many of these treatments originated in Oriental medicine or other forms of traditional therapy. They were not specifically designed for HIV infection, but to strengthen natural defenses. Most of them have not been formally tested as a treatment for HIV disease, mainly because traditional medicine is largely neglected by scientists and physicians in charge of AIDS research in Western countries. For this reason, no warranty or endorsement is made as to the success of any of these treatments. This information should be considered as source material only." (From the Introduction.)

For a copy, write to: Treatment Education Program, AIDS Project Los Angeles, 6721 Romaine Street, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

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