HIV & AIDS. A foundation for nursing and health care practice.
5th edition
Robert J. Pratt
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Robert J. Pratt
Arnold, 2003
464 pp
ISBN 0 340 70639 2
RRP £18.99 $US 34.95
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This fifth edition of HIV & AIDS has been extensively revised and updated. It provides a comprehensive account of the pathology and management of the disease from prevention to palliative
care. There are chapters dealing with special aspects of the infection (HIV-related tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and neurological disease) as well as special populations (women, children, and
neonatal transmission). Antiretroviral therapy, and the means to improve adherence with it, are discussed in detail.
The book is clearly written, with many useful diagrams illustrating the principles of immunopathology. There is a list of learning
objectives at the beginning of each chapter, enhancing its usefulness as a course text. It is well referenced and there are useful lists for further reading and how to tap into the resources
available on the internet. Whilst written as a nursing text, this book would be equally useful to junior doctors and certainly should be available on any ward that deals with patients with HIV
and AIDS.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
(January 2004)
Author Information
Professor Robert Pratt is director of the Richard Wells Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Thames Valley University,
London, UK
Table of Contents
1 The evolution of a pandemic 1
2 Understanding the cause of AIDS – the biology of viruses 15
3 Retroviruses – the cause of AIDS 21
4 HIV transmission 32
5 Understanding immunology 43
6 Cellular pathogenesis and the journey towards AIDS 68
7 The clinical spectrum of HIV disease 80
8 Tuberculosis and HIV disease – a dangerous liaison 123
9 HIV disease and the nervous system 157
10 Viral hepatitis and HIV disease 178
11 The impact of HIV infection on women 194
12 Preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission 210
13 Children and HIV disease 226
14 A strategy for infection control in nursing practice 242
15 Occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens 252
16 The individualized care of patients with HIV disease 264
17 Nutrition and HIV disease 319
18 Discharge planning and community care 337
19 The nurse as a health educator 352
20 Understanding antiretroviral therapy 362
21 Adherence to antiretroviral therapy 380
22 Complementary and alternative approaches to care 394
23 HIV disease in the industrially developing world 417
Glossary 430
Index 449
