Will to live : AIDS therapies and the politics of survival / João Biehl ; photographs by Torben Eskerod.

Author
Biehl, João Guilherme [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Description
xii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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              Summary note
              "Will to Live tells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life saving AIDS therapies - a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry. But anthropologist Joao Biehl also tells why this policy, hailed as a model worldwide, has been so difficult to implement among poor Brazilians with HIV/AIDS, who are often stigmatized as noncompliant or untreatable, becoming invisible to the public. More broadly, Biehl examines the political economy of pharmaceutical that lies behind large scale treatment rollouts, revealing the possibilities and inequalities that come with a magic bullet approach to health care."--Jacket.
              Notes
              Supplement is an illustrated index of the exhibition in conjunction with the book.
              Bibliographic references
              Includes bibliographical references and index.
              Contents
              • Introduction: A New World of Health
              • 1. Pharmaceutical Governance
              • 2. Circuits of Care
              • 3. A Hidden Epidemic
              • 4. Experimental Subjects
              • 5. Patient-Citizenship
              • 6. Will to Live
              • Conclusion: Global Public Health.
              ISBN
              • 9780691130088 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
              • 0691130086 ((hbk. ; : alk. paper))
              • 9780691143859
              • 0691143854
              LCCN
              2007934333
              OCLC
              154694691
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