This educational text was approved in December 2009 by the Educational and Methodological Association for medical and pharmeceutical educational institutions in Russia, and was recommended for use as course material in postgraduate medical education.
This educational text is meant for a wide range of medical specialists – obstetrician/gynecologists, neonatologists, pediatricians, therapists, midwives, nurses, and medical students, who, as a rule, are not experienced in working with HIV+ patients as part of their regular practice.
This educational text is intended not only for narcologists, but also for a wide range of medical specialists and medical professionals like nurses and medical students who have almost no experience working with HIV-infected patients or drug users.
This educational text is intended for practical application by doctors with various specializations – therapists, general practitioners, surgeons, pediatricians, neonatologists, obstetrician/gynecologists, laboratory diagnosticians, midwives, and nurses. It can also be used as course material for instructors and students at medical schools.
This educational text is intended for a wide range of medical specialists - obstetrician/gynecologists, neonatologists, pediatricians, therapists, midwives, nurses, and medical students, who, as a rule, are not experienced in working with HIV+ patients as part of their regular practice. The aim of this text is inform various specialists about problems of mother-to-child HIV transmission, principles of pre- and post-HIV test counselling, principles of preventive measures to avoid perinatal HIV infection, and methods of counselling mothers. It also contains information on precautionary measures during medical procedures and legal aspects of this issue.
Karpets A.V., Frolov S.A., Orlova M.O. Modern Research on Social Problems: Material from the III Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation. Krasnoyarsk: Science and Innovation Center, 2011, pp 144-149.