Empowering patients, empowering clinicians : how the lessons of HIV can inform chronic disease management across the primary healthcare system

Empowering patients, empowering clinicians : how the lessons of HIV can inform chronic disease management across the primary healthcare system

A 39-year-old virally suppressed man on antiretrovirals presented to Hannan Crusaid ARV Centre in Gugulethu with a complaint of frequent urination and weight loss. After telling him that he is a type 2 diabetic, he looked at me with concern and asked, ‘Can I pass this on to my daughter?’

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Veröffentlicht in:Southern African journal of HIV medicine 2017, Vol.18 (1), p.1-2
1. Verfasser: Mendelsohn, Andrea S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antilipemic agents
Antiretroviral agents
Biology
Chronic Disease Management
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Corticosteroids
Diabetes
Diuretics
Empowerment
Funding
Health care policy
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immunology
Medical personnel
Nurses
Opinion Paper
Patients
Physicians
Primary Care
Primary health care
Proton pump inhibitors
Public sector
Tuberculosis
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Zusammenfassung:A 39-year-old virally suppressed man on antiretrovirals presented to Hannan Crusaid ARV Centre in Gugulethu with a complaint of frequent urination and weight loss. After telling him that he is a type 2 diabetic, he looked at me with concern and asked, ‘Can I pass this on to my daughter?’
ISSN:1608-9693
2078-6751
2078-6751
DOI:10.4102/sajhivmed.v18i1.692