The AIDS conspiracy : science fights back / Nicoli Nattrass.

  • Nattrass, Nicoli.
Date:
2012
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.

Physical description

viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-216) and index.

Contents

The conspiratorial move against HIV science and its consequences -- AIDS origin conspiracy theories in the United States and South Africa -- Who believes AIDS conspiracy theories and why leadership matters -- Science, politics, and credibility : David Gilbert fights AIDS conspiracy beliefs in US prisons -- Science, conspiracy theory, and the South African AIDS policy tragedy -- Hero scientists, cultropreneurs, living icons, and praise-singers : AIDS denialism as community -- Defending the imprimatur of science : Duesberg and the medical hypotheses saga -- The conspiratorial move and the struggle for evidence-based medicine.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WC503 2012N28a
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780231149129
  • 0231149123
  • 9780231520256
  • 0231520255