Until the Cure: Caring for Women with HIV

by Ann Kurth (Editor)

The book begins by discussing clinical care for women with HIV, providing information on how the disease affects women and what type of gynecological treatment, reproductive counseling, obstetrical management, and neuropsychiatric considerations are important. Authors examine why women have been excluded from research trials of new therapies and argue that women must be included in future trials. One chapter explores ethical issues, such as the reproductive rights of women with HIV, and another is devoted to legal conflicts surrounding such issues as discrimination, government benefits, and custody rights. The final third of the book deals with ways to deliver support services to HIV-positive women and their families and describes a family-centered, community-based, comprehensive care model. The book concludes with suggestions for programs and policies that will lessen the incidence of HIV and a resource directory listing.

336 pages, Paperback

First published November 24, 1993