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Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS

In: Palliative Care

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  • Habtamu Abera Areri

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In the era of HIV, palliative care is important to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV. The core activities of palliative care are control of symptoms and psychological, social, and spiritual problems. As a matter of fact, people living with HIV have a high burden of physical, psychological, and social difficulties which require palliative care that is holistic care. This implies palliative care for people living with HIV improves their emotion, physical symptoms, and psychosocial and spiritual functions. It can be provided by trained healthcare professionals, families, and community caregivers. HIV care and treatment guidelines should address the principles of palliative care, and policy should be in place to enforce its implementation for improving the quality of life of people living with HIV.

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  • Habtamu Abera Areri, 2019. "Palliative Care in HIV/AIDS," Chapters, in: Mukadder Mollaoglu (ed.), Palliative Care, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:177771
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85847
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    Keywords

    palliative care; HIV; people living with HIV;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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