Impure science : AIDS, activism, and the politics of knowledge / / Steven Epstein [[electronic resource]]
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Epstein Steven
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| Titolo: |
Impure science : AIDS, activism, and the politics of knowledge / / Steven Epstein [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiii, 466 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina: | 362.1/969792/00973 |
| Soggetto topico: | AIDS (Disease) - Research - Social aspects - United States |
| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | |
| Politics | |
| Research | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Epstein 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Impure science |
| ISBN: | 0-520-92125-9 |
| 0-585-03395-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910495869303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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