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<p><P>"... a coherent and fascinating social analysis of AIDS-related knowledge, examining the social facts of knowledge production and developments interior to communities of science." Medical Humanities Review<P>"... a multilayered, composite approach that involves multisited ethnographic research in different spheres of the collective responses to AIDS... " &#151; Choice<P>The response to AIDS from various groups in developing knowledge of and about this health crisis is the focus of this revealing work. Rio de Janeiro serves as an observation point for the study of the intersecting worlds of activism, clinical practice, and biomedical research.</p> <h3>David Prichard</h3> <p>This book is an overview of state-of-the-art biomedical knowledge and social commentary about the global AIDS crisis using the formal language of social analysis, literature review, ethnographic accounts, and theoretical discussion. The author analyzes the response to AIDS from various groups involved in developing knowledge of and about the AIDS health crisis. She shows that although AIDS was the subject of special programs sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO), it was portrayed by health organi

Author

Cristiana Bastos

Publisher

Bloomington: Indiana University Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253213358

Subjects

Medical, Science, Political Science