The Overlooked Epidemic
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- ce credit
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The American Journal of Nursing
- Vol. 96 (2) , 23-28
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000446-199602000-00023
Abstract
One in 10 persons with AIDS is 50 years of age or older. Yet nurses often fail to identify elders with HIV. Here's how to spot these patients and meet their special care needs.Keywords
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