<span>In the short, turbulent history of AIDS research and treatment, the boundaries between scientist insiders and lay outsiders have been criss-crossed to a degree never before seen in medical history. Steven Epstein's astute and readable investigation focuses on the critical question of 'how cert
Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge (Medicine & Society)
β Scribed by Steven Epstein
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 284
- Category
- Library
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