Children, Families, And Hiv/Aids: Psychosocial And Therapeutic Issues - Tapa blanda

"Finally, a book devoted to the needs of children and adolescents facing HIV/AIDS. The challenges for these families, particularly those of the inner city and minorities, have been shamefully neglected. Clearly written and comprehensive, this book provides an empowering systems framework. Boyd-Franklin, Steiner, Boland, and other contributing authors skillfully guide professionals to meet the complex medical, cultural, and psychosocial needs of these families. This outstanding book is a must for all health and mental health professionals working with HIV/AIDS." --John S. Rolland, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Co-Director, Center for Family Health, University of Chicago, Author of Families, Illness, and Disability; An Integrative Treatment Model "The authors have detailed a comprehensive blueprint for caring for children and families with AIDS. In addition to placing the disease and its manifestations in a broad epidemiological and psychosocial context, they and their collaborators have constructed a well crafted approach to developing a multidisciplinary approach to the care of infants, children, adolescents, women, and families. From the supportive care of individuals to the development of support groups for children or care providers, the authors offer guidance based on models that have worked. Family-centered care is important for optimal health care. Although it is a necessity for children with AIDS, the principles of family-centered care are applicable to many other diseases and the principles offered in Children, Families and HIV/AIDS: Psychosocial and Psychotherapeutic Issues are relevant to all who care for children with serious disease." --Philip A. Pizzo, MD, Chief of Pediatrics, Head, Infectious Disease Section, National Cancer Institute, Professor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences "This book is another important addition to the growing but still young body of literature about children and families affected by HIV disease and AIDS. A great strength is its interdisciplinary perspective and the expertise of its authors. I highly recommend it." --Felissa Lashley Cohen, RN, PhD, FAAN, Co-editor, Women, Children and HIV/AIDS and Head, Dept. of Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago "Informed and informative, touching, comprehensive, this is an extraordinary book--a major addition to our literature on a difficult and timely topic. The book is truly a tour de force, combining epidemiologic and research knowledge with down to earth practical suggestions of how to be helpful to families in an everyday way. The commitment of the authors to their work and to the lives of these families is clear. Their dedication as researchers, authors, and clinicians bears witness to the courage of these children and to the strength of their caregivers and families." --Monica McGoldrick, ACSW, PhD, Director, The Family Institute of New Jersey .."..A very handy utilitarian resource that goes beyond most others in its attempts to educate all service providers who work with patients with HIV/AIDS. The authors' experience in working directly with families and children contributes significantly....This book can well serve as a beginning training text as well as an excellent resource guide." --Helene Rabinovitz, MSW in Smith College ..".A comprehensive overview of the issues involved in working with children and families with HIV disease....The volume covers a wide range of subjects and provides a wealth of valuable, practical information on an understudied and important topic...." --Rosalyn Benjamin Darling in Disability Studies Quarterly

This volume presents a family?focused, culturally sensitive, and systems?coordinated approach for the provision of effective service delivery and care to HIV/AIDS children and their families. It offers a conceptual framework that orients the service provider to the medical, cultural, psychosocial, and mental health needs of HIV?infected infants, children, and adolescents, as well as their infected and noninfected families and caretakers. Providing the most up?to?date knowledge available along with numerous case examples, the editors integrate medical, social, school, community, and legal concerns. This book will be of interest to psychologists, social workers, nurses, counselors, medical practitioners and school personnel and will serve as an advanced text for family therapy, psychology, psychiatry, social work, and public health courses.