The Village AIDS Day Treatment Program: a model of interdisciplinary and interdependent care.
This article describes the Village AIDS Day Treatment Program, a program for people living with HIV/AIDS that provides health care by using a full range of interdependent services. Opened in 1988, this program was the first of its kind in the country. It has provided leadership in developing a model of care that addresses the full spectrum of health care--promotion, prevention, maintenance, and treatment. Along with describing the program and its services, this article includes the program's history and its influencing philosophies.
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Village AIDS Day Treatment Program, New York, New York 10011, USA.
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