Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Genitourinary Medicine, HIV, and AIDS written by Richard Pattman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Genitourinary medicine HIV and AIDS provides practical evidence-based information on the specialty, covering medico-legal, ethical, and procedural issues. The first section deals with routine management, special situations and clinical and laboratory processes. The second section covers genitourinary conditions in a disease-oriented style, including sexually transmitted diseases and other genitourinary problems. The third section on HIV provides a contemporary epidemiological overview of this infection, basic viral biology and pathogenesis, a disease-oriented description of conditions both directly related and opportunistic, and their management, and data on special situations such as pregnancy. This readership is aimed primarily at specialists doctors, trainees and nurses in genitourinary medicine and infectious disease, this book will also appeal to gynaecologists, general practitioners, specialist nurses, and interested medical students.