As HIV moves into the heterosexual population the threat to mothers and babies has become acute. One in three of those infected with HIV are women and the majority of those are in their childbearing years. If HIV is vertically transmitted, both mother and child are affected - in many cases, fathers and siblings are also ill and the family group may require an unprecedented level of care. This book is aimed at counsellors working in HIV, drug use or family planning, and health care professionals involved in pregnancy. It deals with pre- and post-test counselling, the choice whether or not to terminate the pregnancy and whether to desist from subsequent pregnancies, the prospect of dealing with an ill baby in the presence of a potentially ill mother and father, and the special problems of children, home life and parenting.

HIV and AIDS in Mothers and Babies:A Guide to Counselling

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Sherr, Lorraine

Psychology & Counseling

Wiley/Blackwell

<p>Provides an overview of the major psychological changes which women and families may experience during pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. Discusses psychological aspects of issues such as infertility, pregnancy termination, miscarriage, antenatal care staff support and communication, neonatal death, and special circumstances such as drug use and HIV infection, and includes quotations from women on their own experiences. For counselors and hospital staff. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.</p>

PSYCHOL PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH

This volume contains a selection of key contributions to the discussion on the psychological and social implications on HIV infection. It contains up-to-date and authoritative papers by senior practitioners and researchers in the field of the psychological and social aspects of HIV infection. The book will appeal to those involved in providing care for people with HIV infections, be they physicians and nurses or psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists, as well as those involved in preventing the spread of the HIV infection. From the start of the HIV epidemic, the psychological and social aspects of the AIDS infection have been recognized. What could have been regarded simply as an infectious disease was soon acknowledged as a global problem that raised important issues about its transmission and prevention; economic, ethical and legal questions regarding the mental health consequences and the need for access to medical and social care.

The Impact of AIDS: Psychological and Social Aspects of HIV Infection

Catalán, José

Hedge, Barbara

CRC-Press

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