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Contributors | |
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List of abbreviations | |
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A model for home-based care | |
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Introduction | |
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Benefits of home-based care | |
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Models for home-based care | |
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Care given | |
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Organization of a home-care service | |
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Issues in home-based care | |
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Ethics of home-based care | |
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Conclusion | |
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Implementing integrated community-based home care | |
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Introduction | |
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Preparation | |
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The delivery of care in one particular setting | |
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Monitoring and evaluation | |
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Caring for caregivers | |
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Growth and development | |
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Conclusion | |
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Training community caregivers for a home-based care programme | |
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Introduction | |
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Infrastructure of the home-based care training programme | |
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The curriculum model | |
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Learner selection and interaction | |
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Conclusion | |
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Counselling in the context of HIV/AIDS | |
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Introduction | |
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Phases of the counselling process | |
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Values underlying the counselling process | |
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Basic communication skills for counselling | |
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Counselling in a multi-cultural society | |
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Different HIV counselling programmes and services | |
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Useful techniques in counselling | |
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Grieving special types of loss | |
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Conclusion | |
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Running support groups for people with HIV/AIDS | |
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Introduction | |
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What do people consider a supportive group? | |
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Why do people join support groups? | |
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Problems with support groups | |
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Why work in groups? | |
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Content | |
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Preparing leaders | |
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Introductions | |
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Getting started | |
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Conclusion | |
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Dealing with the symptoms of AIDS | |
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Introduction | |
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Indicators of HIV/AIDS | |
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Nutrition | |
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The control of opportunistic infections | |
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Dealing with pain | |
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Cough and/or dyspnoea | |
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Gastro-intestinal symptoms | |
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Pruritis and other skin conditions | |
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Delirium and dementia | |
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Other symptoms | |
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Conclusion | |
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Doing a home visit | |
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Introduction | |
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The objectives of the home visit | |
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The home-care team | |
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Referring PLHA for a home visit | |
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The first home visit | |
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The holistic assessment | |
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Ongoing visits | |
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Education of the family | |
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The home-care kit | |
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Recording visits | |
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Special issues in home care | |
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Conclusion | |
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Infection prevention and control aspects in home-based health care | |
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Introduction | |
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Coordinating infection prevention and control activities | |
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Specific infection control and prevention strategies | |
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Conclusion | |
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Dealing with poverty | |
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Introduction | |
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Extent of the problem | |
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Impact on palliative care | |
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Strategies for poverty relief | |
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Conclusion | |
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Planning for orphans and HIV/AIDS affected children | |
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Introduction | |
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Global facts | |
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The impact of HIV/AIDS on families and communities | |
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The impact of the pandemic on children | |
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Framework for developing a response to orphans and affected children | |
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Models of care and support | |
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Guidelines | |
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Conclusion | |
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Index | |