1st Edition

Theory And Practice Of HIV Counselling A Systemic Approach

By Robert Bor, Riva Miller, Eleanor Goldman Copyright 1992
    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1993. This new handbook clearly describes the theory and practice of systemic HIV counselling; identifying, assessing and managing problems. It combines theory, practice, dialogue and case examples. The approach is sympathetic to time pressures in clinics or community agencies; this 'survival kit' will help health care workers worldwide develop counselling skills. This book is for those involved in the professional care of persons with HIV, some of whom may be specialist counsellors, although the majority may be doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and those from allied professions who counsel patients as part of their daily work.

    Part 1 Theory of Systemic HIV Counselling; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 Systemic Theory and Practice in Counselling People with HIV Disease; Chapter 3 Exploring and Defining Problems in HIV Counselling; Chapter 4 Tasks in Systemic HIV Counselling; Chapter 5 Preparing Patients for Bad News; Chapter 6 Reframing: Creating Balance in Patient BeliefSystems; Part 2 Clinical Application; Chapter 7 The Role of Counselling in Pre-and Post-HIV Antibody Testing; Chapter 8 Counselling Patients with HIV Infection about Laboratory Tests with Predictive Values; Chapter 9 The Role of Focused Counselling for Drug Trials; Chapter 10 Secrecy-related Problems in HIV Management; Chapter 11 The Worried Well; Chapter 12 Counselling Women About HIV-related Problems; Chapter 13 Counselling HIV-infected Children and Their Families; Chapter 14 The Adolescent and HIV; Chapter 15 Counselling in the Terminal Care Phase of HIV Disease; Chapter 16 Bereavement Counselling; Part 3 Medical Aspects; Chapter 17 Medical Aspects of HIV Infection, Dr S.B. Squire, Dr M.A. Johnson;

    Biography

    Robert Bor is both a clinical and a counselling psychologist and lectures at the City University, London. Riva Miller, a medical social worker, counsels in the Haemophilia Centre and is the HIV Counselling Co-ordinator for the Royal Free Hospital, London.Eleanor Goldman is a haematologist, who treats patients with inherited bleeding.