Publisher's Synopsis
This book has become, in its first successful German edition, a standard text for questions relating to the psychological areas of AIDS- and HIV-infection, many aspects of which are more far-reaching and dramatic than any other known diseases (including cancer). It will be a valuable working tool and reference point for all those who are confronted by questions of increasing intensity from those in their care.;The book is oriented towards the practical aspects of patient care, and reviews a range of psychological problems surrounding the disease, eg drug dependency, imprisonment, death, homosexuality, mental problems, family problems and self-help groups.
