The Wisdom of Whores
Subtitle: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS
Edition: 1st American Ed edition
Publisher: W. W. Norton; W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: June 2, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780393066623
Subjects: Science: General Issues; Medical; Medical / Nursing; AIDS & HIV; Forensic Medicine; Medical / AIDS & HIV; AIDS (Disease); Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Biography; Epidemiologists; Prevention; prevention & control
Description: A World Bank and WHO advisor and epidemiologist presents an assessment of the factors influencing international AIDS prevention, in a report that makes recommendations about how to more appropriately allocate tax funds and draws on interviews with a widerange of contributors, from Indonesian transsexuals to Chinese prostitutes.