Nattrass, Nicoli.

The AIDS conspiracy science fights back / [electronic resource] : Nicoli Nattrass. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2012. - viii, 225 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2011.
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HIV infections--South Africa.
HIV infections--United States.
AIDS (Disease)--South Africa.
AIDS (Disease)--United States.
Medical policy--South Africa.
Medical policy--United States.
Public opinion--South Africa.
Public opinion--United States.
Conspiracy theories.


Electronic books.

RA643.86.S6 / N38 2012eb

362.196/9792