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The role nurses occupy in the care of the HIV/AIDS affected has evolved over time. This evolution is exhibited in the body of nursing knowledge and is recorded in the published literature. The purpose of this study was to describe landmarks in the evolution of nursing's involvement in the provision of care to HIV/AIDS patients and to examine the body of nursing knowledge relative to HIV/AIDS, employing bibliometric analytic techniques. It was expected that the literature would grow in both breadth and depth concurrent with nursing's increased role in caring for those infected, or at risk for infection, with HIV.
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Infecções por HIV/enfermagem , Publicações Periódicas como Assunto , Bibliometria , Educação em Enfermagem , Humanos , Livros de Texto como AssuntoRESUMO
The purpose of the study was to identify the pattern of publication about women and AIDS in scientific journals. Bradford zones were identified in each of six databases. The study determined that journal scatter for this subset of AIDS literature differed from the scatter in the general literature; further, the information indexed in the six electronic sources demonstrated little overlap. Consequently, key journal and newsletter titles identified by this study should form the core of any collection focusing on women and AIDS. The assurance of quality patient care management demands that librarians consult multiple resources for information retrieval that can assist health care providers, patients, and caregivers to enhance quality of life as well as to provide optimum care.
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Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida/epidemiologia , Bases de Dados Bibliográficas , Saúde da Mulher , Bibliometria , Redes de Comunicação de Computadores , Feminino , Humanos , Armazenamento e Recuperação da Informação , Desenvolvimento de Coleções em Bibliotecas , Sistemas On-Line , Editoração/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
Epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma, which has consistently been the most prevalent malignancy in people with HIV disease, frequently presents with lesions in the oral cavity. Guidelines for treating oropharyngeal lesions with radiotherapy are ubiquitous in the literature. Treatment indications include pain, dysphagia, and obstruction. Radiotherapy dosage and fractionation differ from that prescribed for non HIV-infected people. Current literature reveals better treatment outcomes for people infected with HIV if treatment is managed by practitioners experienced in HIV care. This article presents a review of the literature and a case study of a HIV-infected patient who experienced severe adverse effects of irradiation.
