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200 10$aImpure science $eAIDS, activism, and the politics of knowledge /$fSteven Epstein$b[electronic resource]
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d1996
215   $a1 online resource (xiii, 466 p. )$cill. ;
225 0 $aMedicine and society Impure science
225  0$aMedicine and society ;$v7
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-520-21445-5 
311   $a0-520-20233-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction: Controversy, credibility, and the public character of AIDS research -- Part 1. The politics of causation -- Ch.1. The nature of a new threat -- Ch.2. HIV and the consolidation of certainty -- Ch.3. Reopening the causation controversy -- Ch.4. The debate that wouldn't die -- Part 2. The politics of treatment -- Ch.5. Points of departure -- Ch.6. "Drugs into bodies" -- Ch.7. The critique of pure science -- Ch.8. Dilemmas and divisions in science and politics -- Ch.9. Clinical trials and tribulations -- Conclusion: Credible knowledge hierarchies of expertise, and the politics of participation in biomedicine.
330   $aEpstein shows the extent to which AIDS research has been a social and political phenomenon and how the AIDS movement has transformed biomedical research practices through its capacity to garner credibility by novel strategies.
606   $aAIDS (Disease)$xResearch$xSocial aspects$zUnited States
606   $aAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
606   $aPolitics
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607   $aUnited States
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615 12$aAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
615 12$aPolitics.
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