Chronic Pain and HIV A Practical Approach
Author: Jessica Merlin, Peter Selwyn, Glenn Treisman, Angela Giovanniello
Affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2016
ISBN 10: 1118777417
ISBN 13: 9781118777411
eISBN: 9781118777404
Edition: 1st
Affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2016
ISBN 10: 1118777417
ISBN 13: 9781118777411
eISBN: 9781118777404
Edition: 1st
Description:
Patients suffering from HIV/AIDS often experience chronic pain due to the many diseases and infections they pick up as a result of a weakened immune system. It interferes with their quality of life and physical functioning, impacts adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV primary care, and is associated with significant psychological/social distress and substance use disorders.
Chronic Pain and HIV addresses all these complex issues that can influence pain care that can influence pain care for the patient with HIV and acts both as a primer and a comprehensive review to define the field of chronic pain management.
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