Negotiating pharmaceutical uncertainty : women's agency in a South African HIV prevention trial / Eirik Saethre and Jonathan Stadler.
- Saethre, Eirik
- Date:
- [2017]
- Books
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Description
"Contrasting the development of innovative biomedical technologies with the everyday lives of female South African clinical trial participants, Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty illustrates how the uncertainty of transnational medical research unintentionally fosters women's control over their health, sexuality, and sociality"--Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2017]
Physical description
viii, 245 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-236) and index.
Contents
Infested natives and empowering biotechnologies -- Testing hope -- Recruiting meaning -- Libidinous sociality -- Experiencing efficacy -- The biotechnical salvation of a failed pharmaceutical.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFEJ.AQ.162Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780826521392
- 0826521398
- 9780826521408
- 0826521401