HIV books

	Be Prepared: The Complete Financial, Legal, and Practical Guide to Living with Cancer, HIV, and other Life-Challenging Conditions
	By: David Landay ISBN: 0312253745 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Release Date: 24 January, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 522148	Before I start my review let me just say I read the previous reviews for this book and I don't understand the ranting of Betty Burk's review. It is very clear that she has not read this book and is on some personal vendetta against the gay culture. It's amazing how she speaks out about name calling from "bullies" on the internet but has no problem with singling out young gay men as being "evil." I hope Betty is judged as she judges others. <br /> <br />At age 34, I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer that has metasized to my liver. At the time of my surgery to remove a large tumor from my colon, my oncologist gave me a 50% chance of living another two years. <br /> <br />Today, I've survived over a year and a half of chemotherapy and still going strong. My wife discovered this book one day at our oncology clinic at a time where we where struggling with a lifetime cap on my health insurance and monthly bills from the hospital that would burn up the cap in a year. <br /> <br />This book, though a little bit dated with the recent drug plans offered by Medicare, covers pretty much everything you should be thinking about when dealing with a life challenging condition. From dealing with your employer, your rights as a person with a disability, to private insurance and disability, and of course your options for long term care, social security, Medicare and Medicaid. It also encourages you as well as gives you hints on how you can take action as your own advocate. <br /> <br />I highly recommend anyone facing a life challenging illness or disability to read at least the first chapter of this book. The chapters are well listed and you can skip very easily to the places you are most interested in. I'd also encourage family members to read it as well. <br /> <br />Overall, it's a wealth of information written in "grandma's english" which makes it very easy to understand. I thank David Landay for providing us with this great resource. <br /> "Be Prepared" is the only guide to provide a comprehensive and accessible map for coping with the maze of financial, legal, tax, and practical issues. It was refreshing to just discover that a financial planner somewhere "out there" had taken the diagnosis and progression of chronic illness into consideration. Many books from planners are written with a "what if you get an illness" or "after you owe thousands in medical bills" viewpoint. This is a great book for understanding the basics when you have a chronic illness but are not yet owing over a hundred thousand dollars in medical bills. <br /> <br />I highly recommend it to all of those with chronic illness that my organization serves through HopeKeepers Magazine--telling them it's WELL worth the expense. <br /> <br />It is easy to access and understand and includes over three hundred tips, with guidance on these and other topics: <br /> <br />How to obtain, keep, and maximize use of your health insurance coverage. * How to maximize your income and manage your debts. * How to make new uses of assets, such as turning life insurance into cash and using credit as a nest egg. * How to assess work issues, including the legal protections relating to your current job or a new one. * How to prepare for disability, make it work for you, and return to work without compromising your benefits. * How to minimize your taxes. * How to tailor your investment and retirement strategy to meet the needs of your condition. * How to choose and use the best professional services, including doctors, home care, hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies, and hospices. * How to find, evaluate, and finance promising new drugs and treatments. Be Prepared seems to have been written for people with AIDS and cancer, but its recommendations apply to anyone facing health problems and any kind of financial difficulty. The author guides you through getting disability, maintaining health insurance, getting other benefits that may be available to you and getting all your papers and affairs in order.<p>These steps help you keep control of your life when health problems could otherwise overwhelm you. As Landay says, "preparing for the worst allows you to expect the best." I followed his recommendations in coping with multiple sclerosis and applied some of them in my book The Art of Getting Well.<p>It's not always the easiest read; it's long and packed with info and resources. But I consider it a vital reference; I don't know of an equal one on the topic.<p>David Spero RN www.davidsperoRN.com
	When God's People Have HIV/Aids: An Approach to Ethics
	By: Maria Cimperman ISBN: 1570756236 Publisher: Orbis Books Release Date: 30 September, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 784498
	Eating Positive: A Nutrition Guide and Recipe Book for People with Hiv/Aids
	By: Jeffrey Huber ISBN: 1560238933 Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 15 January, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 58132	This book quality shows in the variety of recipes for varing ailments though not limited to HIV infection. Unfortunately, it is not geared for island residents/living as the ingredients are not easily accessible here.
	Educating African pastors on mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.: An article from: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
	By: Aaron Santmyire, Marian Jamison ISBN: Publisher: Thomson Gale Release Date: 29 December, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1227649
	Strategic Implications of HIV/AIDS (Adelphi Papers, 359)
	By: Stefan Elbe ISBN: 0198529120 Publisher: Routledge Release Date: 30 August, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1203910
	Aging with HIV: Psychological, Social, and Health Issues
	By: Janice E. Nichols, David C. Speer, Betty J. Watson, Mary Watson, Tiffany L. Vergon, Colette M. Vallee, Joan M. Meah ISBN: 0125180519 Publisher: Academic Press Release Date: 13 August, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 1136129
	My Dad Has HIV
	By: Earl Alexander, Sheila Rudin, Pam Sejkora, Ronnie Walter Shipman ISBN: 0925190993 Publisher: Fairview Pr Release Date: January, 1996 Bioscience book rank: 1186510
	The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Rights: Case Studies from Kenya
	By: Michael Aliber, Cherryl Walker, Mumbi Machera, Paul Kamau, Karuti Kanyinga, Charles Omandi ISBN: 0796920540 Publisher: Human Sciences Research Council Release Date: 01 April, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 1240415
	Holocaust Monuments and National Memory Cultures in France and Germany Since 1989: The Origins and Political Function of the Vil D'hiv in Paris and the Holocaust Monument in Berlin
	By: Peter Carrier ISBN: 184545295X Publisher: Berghahn Books Release Date: September, 2006 Bioscience book rank: 325560
	A Positive Life: Portraits of Women : Living With HIV
	By: River Huston, Mary Berridge ISBN: 076240244X Publisher: Running Pr Release Date: October, 1997 Bioscience book rank: 1206549	River Huston and Mary Berridge, A Positive Life: Portraits of Women Living with HIV (Running Press, 1997) <br /> <br />It's rare that I can't think of a way to review a book. This is one of those times. <br /> <br />Perhaps I'm just reading too much into the title. I keep seeing "A Positive Life" as a double-entendre, not just about living with HIV, but as some sort of resolute looking forward. And there is some of that here, to be sure, but there is also bitterness, anger, cynicism, and fear. Another reviewer said that this book "...helps us to remember that these people really are no different than the rest of us." Indeed. <br /> <br />The reader also goes on to say that River Huston is an amazing lady, and having published her first chapbook, I can honestly say "THAT's damn right," but Huston is, aside from a brief introductory passage, nowhere to be found here. (Rather surprising; I would have thought she'd have gone for a self-interview here, as she's the most positive person, from an outlook point of view, I've ever met, with or without HIV.) Like Hal Gold in Unit 731: Testimony or Georges Bataille in The Trial of Gilles de Rais, when the subjects start speaking, the author fades into the background and lets them tell their own stories, and keeps so far out of the spotlight that there's not even a particular editorial style to be found here; you get the idea that what you see is raw, unexpurgated transcriptions of microcassettes. I doubt it, as the pieces here are quite short, but the effect is there. <br /> <br />I was originally going to slag it slightly for being too short, clocking in at just under a hundred twenty pages, but the simple fact is that what's here is just about enough. There is a relentless, crushing power to these stories, both in their differences and in their similarities, to the point where the reader may find himself either numbed or on the verge of breakdown, given two or three hundred pages. <br /> <br />Worth your time. *** I was brought to tears by many of the stories in this book. In addition to the power of the stories, the pictures capture the essence of the subjects and help us to remember that these people are really no different than the rest of us. River Huston is an amazing lady and I think she did an awesome job helping the reader relate to these women from all walks of life. I would definately recommend this book, it will forever change the way you view your own life! The portraits in this book brings HIV into focus in a way I have never seen before. The stories of these women call into question the assumption that the women who get HIV are very different from you and I. Every teenage woman who reads these short biographies will better understand that she too is at risk.