The AIDS conspiracy
Subtitle: science fights back
By: Nicoli Nattrass
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780231149129; 9780231520256
Subjects: HIV Infections; Health Policy; Public Opinion; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Description: Examines conspiracy theories surrounding HIV and AIDS, focusing on two main widely believed falsehoods--that America manufactured AIDS to be a biological weapon and the belief that HIV is harmless and the true cause of AIDS are antiretroviral drugs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The conspiratorial move against HIV science and its consequences; title: AIDS origin conspiracy theories in the United States and South Africa; title: Who believes AIDS conspiracy theories and why leadership matters; title: Science, politics, and credibility : David Gilbert fights AIDS conspiracy beliefs in US prisons; title: Science, conspiracy theory, and the South African AIDS policy tragedy; title: Hero scientists, cultropreneurs, living icons, and praise-singers : AIDS denialism as community; title: Defending the imprimatur of science : Duesberg and the medical hypotheses saga; title: The conspiratorial move and the struggle for evidence-based medicine.