title: Nursing care of children with HIV infection.
abstract: Infection with HIV is producing a new population of chronically and terminally ill children. This chapter deals with issues to help in the understanding of both the physical realities and the "experience" of families who live in the shadow of AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ward-Wimmer
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations