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BACK TO CONTENTS Primary Clinical Care Series Volume 3 ISBN: 9780796201485 Author: Health Systems Development Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand Copyright: 2001 Extent: 384 pp Format: Soft cover Contents 1: HIV/Aids and STDs 2: Other important diseases 3: Women’s health 4: Contraception and child spacing PHARMACOLOGY Pharmacology for Nurses & Other Health Workers 3rd edition ISBN: 9781775783145 Author: A Dreyer, MS Dreyer, E Hattingh & Y Thandar Copyright: 2011 Extent: 320pp Format: Soft cover Description One of the many important roles nurses play is to handle and administer drugs of all schedules to patients under their care and to monitor their response to the drugs. The assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation by the nurse ensures that patients benefit optimally from the relevant drug therapy. This edition has been updated to meet the requirements of the new nursing curriculum and also to bring nurses up to speed with the latest developments in drug therapy. Patient education regarding the use of drugs, which is central in ensuring compliance, has been given more attention in this new edition. Contents 1: General aspects of drug therapy 2: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics 3: Administration of drugs to patients 4: Adverse effects of drugs 5: Drugs that affect the autonomic, somatic and sensory nervous system 6: Drugs that affect the central nervous system 7: Antipyretic analgesics; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and drugs for gout and migraine 8: Antihistamines 9: Hormones and hormone antagonists 10: Antimicrobial and antiparasitic drugs 11: Vitamins and minerals 12: Antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs 13: Cardiovascular drugs 14: Drugs that affect the haemopoietic system 15: Drugs that affect the respiratory system 16: Drugs that affect the digestive tract 17: Poisoning and drug treatment in certain emergencies Primary Clinical Care Series and Pharmacology 88
BACK TO CONTENTS PATHOPHYSIOLOGY HIV and AIDS: Education, Care & Counselling 5th Edition ISBN: 9781770259805 Author: A van Dyk Copyright: 2011 Extent: 512 pp Format: Soft cover E-BOOK AVAILABLE IN 2013 Description The fifth edition of HIV and Aids: Education, Care and Counselling covers recent changes and advances in the field of HIV and AIDS treatment and care. These include a new emphasis on education, the latest statistics and the interpretation thereof; new updated biomedical information on vaccine research and testing, drug resistance (HIV and TB) and antiretroviral therapy; the standardised guidelines for antiretroviral treatment as recommended by the South African Department of Health, as well as strategies for adherence counselling. Sections on children’s law and its implication, and theories of behaviour change are new. The fifth edition contains many practical examples, exercises, activities, case studies and tips to assure full integration of theory and practical. It also comes with a support CD for readers. Features • Content has been fully updated, including new statistical information, medical and research information, as well as new approaches. • Even greater integration of theory and skills with many examples, case studies and tips. • More tips and ideas on how to be a good counsellor and caregiver. • Extensive references to organisations, help lines and websites for additional information on AIDS. Contents Part 1: Fundamental facts about HIV/AIDS 1: HIV and Aids: A brief history 2: HIV and the immune system 3: Transmission and prevention of HIV 4: HIV-associated symptoms and diseases 5: HIV tests 6: Antiretroviral therapy Part 2: Prevention and empowerment in the HIV/AIDS context 7: Changing unsafe behaviour and practices 8: HIV and Aids education and life-skills training 9: Prevention in traditional Africa Part 3: HIV/AIDS counselling 10: Basic counselling principles and skills 11: Pre- and post HIV test counselling 12: Themes and contexts in HIV and Aids counselling 13: Bereavement counselling 14: Spiritual counselling Part 4: Care and support 15: Home-based care 16: Support for orphans and other vulnerable children 17: Infection control Communicable Diseases in Southern Africa ISBN: 9781770255258 Author: W Kortenbout, N Mtshali, AC van Dyk, NC van Wyk, PM Basson, R Leech, G Mchunu, & MJ Viljoen Copyright: 2009 Extent: 352 pp Format: Soft cover Description Communicable diseases such as malaria, measles and influenza, are a serious risk to human health, and contribute to about one third of all deaths globally. Diseases such as HIV/ AIDS have devastated communities and new diseases such as multi-drug resistant tuberculosis have the potential to inflict great damage to society. Communicable Diseases in Southern Africa is about recognising, treating and controlling communicable diseases in a Southern African context. It offers health care students, professionals and laypeople a sound up-to-date, yet accessible, exposition of these topics. Part 1 explains the interrelationship between the agent, host and environment have to be “in sync” for someone to be infected with a communicable disease. Part 2 focuses of treatment and management of viral diseases, bacterial diseases, parasitic infections and fungal infections, and then goes on to detail the disease profiles of more than fifty diseases. Contents The epidemiological triad 1: The agent 2: The host 3: The environment Communicable diseases: their profiles and management 4: Viral diseases 5: Bacterial diseases 6: Parasitic infections 7: Fungal infections Pathophysiology 89
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