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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.