Innovation and Biomedicine [electronic resource] : Ethics, Evidence and Expectation in HIV /
Michael, M.author.
Rosengarten, M.author.
With its focus on the offshore randomized control trials of a Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection, the volume develops a sustained analysis of the complex, virtual and topological dimensions of the expectations, ethics and evidence that surround the innovation of PrEP.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting a scene -- A brief and partial history of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the context of hiv prevention and treatment -- Theory and event : approaching the study of PrEP -- The gold standard : the complex singularity of PrEP, RCT and bioethics -- PrEPs, multiplicity and the qualification of knowledge and ethics -- On some topologies of PrEP -- Conclusion : eventuating the methodology of trials.
With its focus on the offshore randomized control trials of a Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection, the volume develops a sustained analysis of the complex, virtual and topological dimensions of the expectations, ethics and evidence that surround the innovation of PrEP.
Human body—Social aspects.
Social policy.
Social medicine.
Sociology.
Ethics.
Biomedical engineering.
Sociology of the Body.
Social Policy.
Medical Sociology.
Sociology, general.
Ethics.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.