A person with HIV infection is confronted with questions about med­ical care that are as confusing as they are important.

What kind of physi­cians treat HIV infection? What kind of medical care is available? What kind of hospital provides the best care? This chapter outlines the options for medical care available to a person with HIV infection and provides some general guidelines for people considering those options. The chap­ter also provides a general guide to hospitals and describes the rights people have when they are patients in a hospital. And finally, the chap­ter outlines the alternatives to hospitalization.