Parkinson's Disease & Art of Moving
Author: John Argu
Faced with an incurable and often debilitating illness, Parkinson's patients must relearn how to sit up in a chair, speak clearly, keep their balance while walking, and stand from a sitting position. Over 100 photographs illustrate exercises derived from yoga and t'ai chi techniques; and theater movement skills show readers how to cope as gracefully as possible with the loss of coordination that Parkinson's patients experience.
Book review: Essentials of Health Services or Fourth Generation Evaluation
The Guide to Living with HIV Infection: Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic
Author: John G Bartlett
The Guide to Living with HIV Infection is the most complete source of medical, emotional, social, and practical advice available for those infected with HIV and their loved ones. Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic, the guide provides essential information for making decisions about treatment and testing in a world transformed by new research and pharmacotherapy.
In this thoroughly updated sixth edition, Dr. John Bartlett and Ann K. Finkbeiner address the latest information about risks of transmission, viral mutations that confer drug resistance, and new, rapid, HIV testing. They offer guidelines for Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART), a therapy protocol that has dramatically increased life expectancy for HIV-positive people. They describe how to follow HAART and when to change drug regimens, the symptoms of and treatments for HAART side effects, and the costs of and insurance coverage for HAART. They also outline the possibilities for a diagnosis of "no detectable virus."
Accompanied by updated references and resources, the sixth edition of The Guide to Living with HIV Infection offers new hope for people living with a virus that once left no hope at all.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Mark D. Goodman, MD (Creighton University Medical Center)
Description: This is un updated edition of a self-care and caregivers manual for those living with or affected by HIV. Previous editions were published in 1991,1993, 1996, and 1998. Thirteen chapters address topics such as understanding and communicating about HIV, HIV infection and its treatment, options for medical care, traditional and alternative medicine, with separate chapters on dying, and on living.
Purpose: The book is meant to be a "companion and a guide" for those living with HIV, as stated by the authors in the introduction. The objective is worthy, and very well met.
Audience: Written by two very credible authors, the book is intended primarily for patients and their loved ones, but I found it to be a very comprehensive brush-up as an HIV physician. There is a tremendous wealth of material in this book, and it is presented so well that it is a pleasure to read. As an insider in the medical profession, I believe we often lose sight of how monolithic and frightening the medical system must seem to some of our patients. This book serves to tease apart the terms, define the roles in the relationship between doctor and patient, and cast light upon the process.
Features: The book is intended to be comprehensive, but the authors state in the introduction that two facets of HIV care were deliberately omitted:HIV home care and HIV in children:presumably because of the specific nature of the subjects. What I like best about the book is the "cast of characters" that a patient might come up against while an inpatient. The book employs the use of eight "voices," real quotes from fictional characters, that help to convey the spirit of what is being discussed.
Assessment: The book is excellent. I look forward to recommending it to my patients (in fact, it would make my job a lot easier if we ALL read it), and I have seen no other books written for patients with HIV that are as complete, thoughtful, resourceful and respectful as this book. Frequent changes in the medical standards of care necessitate this new edition, and no doubt future editions will also be necessary.
Rating
4 Stars! from Doody
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