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Subject(s)

• AIDS (Disease)—Transmission [Browse]
• HIV infections—United States [Browse]
• HIV infections—South Africa [Browse]
• AIDS (Disease)—United States [Browse]
• AIDS (Disease)—South Africa [Browse]
• Medical policy—United States [Browse]
• Medical policy—South Africa [Browse]
• Conspiracy theories [Browse]
• Public opinion—United States [Browse]
• Public opinion—South Africa [Browse]
• HIV infections [Browse]
• AIDS (Disease) [Browse]
• Medical policy [Browse]

Summary note

Examines conspiracy theories surrounding HIV and AIDS, focusing on two main widely believed falsehoods--that America manufactured AIDS to be a biological weapon and the belief that HIV is harmless and the true cause of AIDS are antiretroviral drugs.

Bibliographic references

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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ISBN

• 9780231149129 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 0231149123 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 9780231520256 ((ebook))
• 0231520255 ((ebook))
• 9781868145621 ((paperback))
• 186814562X ((paperback))
• 9780231149136 ((paperback))
• 0231149131 ((paperback))

LCCN

2011045297

OCLC

730413677

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