title: AIDS, the female patient, and the family physician.
abstract: Women constitute the most rapidly growing population with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Canada. Problems unique to women and related to HIV include gynecological disorders such as recurrent candidiasis, cervical dysplasia, and neoplasia. Women also face unique psychosocial issues related to their socioeconomic status, pregnancy, and sex. This article addresses these issues.
authors.affiliation: HIV Care Programme, St Joseph's Health Centre, London, Ont.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Mackie
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002170:Canada; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014481:United States; D014930:Women