AEGiS-BKREV: Living and Dying with AIDS

Living and Dying with AIDS

Plenum Press, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013. 273p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-306-43851-8. $39.50.
Edited by Paul I. Ahmed. 1992.

"This book is about the care of sick human beings. It is about the heroic struggle of individuals with AIDS. It is about their daily coping in the workplace and at home; about economic problems, the loss of friendship and family support, and physical and emotional pain." It is also "about the social context in which HIV-infected persons and people with AIDS live. It is about how we must learn to deal with sickness in more compassionate and humanitarian ways and what we yet need to learn."

These quotes from the forward state very clearly what one can expect to find in this excellent book. It touches on a variety of topics including living with AIDS, AIDS and the care providers, adolescents and AIDS, monthers with AIDS, psychotherapy, coping processes and strategies, workplace issues, substance abuse and AIDS, dying with AIDS, living with AIDS, surviving grief, HIV in the army, impact of HIV on minorities, and coping with AIDS in hemophilia. It contains a great deal of statistics along with information on many topics. It is a well-written book that should have appeal to a wide number of readers. There are lengthy bibliographies with each chapter. This is a practical book for those who work with AIDS patients, their partners, families, and other concerned individuals. Highly recommended. (H. Robert Malinowsky)

Keywords: Psychological Aspects, Psychological Adaptation)

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