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Managing Your Health, 1999 edition

Life After diagnosis

Your doctor
If you don't feel comfortable telling the doctor you go to now, it may be a good idea to find a new one. This can be hard if you don't live in a city, because there are fewer doctors to choose from. You may find yourself educating your doctor about AIDS. Your nearest AIDS group can make referrals to knowledgable doctors and can recommend material for your doctor to read. You or your doctor can also contact the Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange's HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Network for treatment information. Finding a doctor who knows how to treat HIV/AIDS is important. Doctors who are not specialists but who know a lot about HIV/AIDS are sometimes called HIV primary care physicians.

You can read more about finding a doctor in Chapter 5.

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