AIDS, rhetoric, and medical knowledge / Alex Preda.

  • Preda, Alex, 1960-
Date:
2005
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Physical description

xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-268) and indexes.

Contents

AIDS and scientific knowledge -- Making up the rules of seeing : opportunistic infections and the new syndrome -- The economy of risk categories -- The etiologic agent and the rhetoric of scientific debate -- Retrovirus vs. retrovirus : the arguments for HTLV-III, LAV, and HIV -- The spatial configurations of AIDS risk -- Who is how much : from qualities to quantities of AIDS risk -- In lieu of a conclusion : do rhetorical practices matter?

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WC503.7 2005P92a
    		Open shelves

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  • 0521837707