This is poorly done as it contains some erroneous information, mismarked images, and is not up to date despite its recent release. I do not recommend it as a reference as it is misleading and difficult to understand for a simple handbook. A listing for major branches from the aorta has veins mentioned. A right kidney is actually a left kidney. Suggests use of 256 matrix for most routines studies which is an outdated suggestion. Some of the information is OK, but I would not recommend.

This may be a textbook for nursing students, but I think everyone would find it fairly readable. At the time this book was written, AIDS was mostly a disease of adult men; thus, women and children with the virus were a minority within a minority. This book has more chapters on children than women and I wish the opposite was the case. There is only one chapter on international HIV-positive women and children: this may bother some people since that is the population in which the illness is most rampant. This book has lots of useful facts in it (but remember that it was written a decade ago). It discussed how AIDS affect reproduction, healt care providers, and family structures. People concerned about women and children with AIDS could really employ this as a good reference for educating the public.

The images are very, very poor... it looks like someone just took their path file and made it into a book at home...