HIV/AIDS Treatment

Medical professionalism is the ability to meet the relationship-centered expectations required to practice medicine competently.

Examples

-patient-physician relationship                        : being careful and thorough when performing physical                                                                    examination

-community-physician relationship                 : participating in initiatives to improve health care                                                                             safety

-health care system-physician relationship      : interacting respectfully with other health care                                                                                  providers

-physician-physician relationship                    : taking time to teach medical students and residents

-self-physician relationship                             : reflecting critically on own performance

Professionalism is based on the principles of primacy of patient welfare, patient autonomy, and social justice. It involves the following professional responsibilities: competence, honesty, patient confidentiality, appropriate relations with patients, improving quality of care, improving access to care, just distribution of finite resources, commitment to scientific knowledge, maintaining trust by managing conflicts of interest, commitment to professional responsibilities.

consultant interview questions will give you some ideas about professionalism. In many cases, medical students are difficult to get good results in building relationship with their patients, and that will affects the patient’s physical conditions. consultant interview course will help these people. consultant medical interview isn’t about questions and answers, but also it’s about the level of professionalism that you have achieved.

AIDS is caused by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which damages the body’s defense system. People infected with HIV usually live for years without any signs of the disease. They may look and feel healthy, but they can still pass on the virus to others.

HIV is a retrovirus with two primary types: HIV-1 and HIV-2. There are many strains of both types and all mutate rapidly, which has made it particularly difficult for researchers to find an effective vaccine or treatment for the virus. HIV infection is often mostly or entirely asymptomatic (without symptoms) and the most common signs, which include fever, fatigue, rash, and lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes), are often mistaken for mononucleosis, flu, or similar, comparatively harmless diseases.

Oral health: is the term used to refer to the health of the mouth. It is the term used to refer to the overall hygiene of the mouth. This includes the teeth, gums and tongue. This is a very important part of the body because it can affect our communication with people. A bad oral heath can be due to poor dental hygiene but can also be cause Read the rest of this entry »

1   An Overall Picture of HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Sub-Sahara Africa

No where has the impact of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome / Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS) been more severe than Sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty-five years ago, AIDS was unknown in sub-Sahara Africa, yet AIDS is now the number one killer disease in region, surpassing malaria. According to United Nations  records, an estimated 3.2 million adults and children in Sub-Sahara Africa become infected with HIV during the year 2003 alone and additionally 2.3 million people died of AIDS-related illness in the same year. It is estimated that 29.4 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, that is, two-thirds of HIV/AIDS cases reported globally. At the national level, the 21 countries with the highest HIV prevalence are in Africa. In at least 10 African countries, prevalence rates among adults exceed ten percent. Also at the individual level, the arithmetic of risk is horrific. In Zimbabwe and Botswana, one in four adults carries the virus. A child born in Zambia or Zimbabwe today is more likely than n Read the rest of this entry »