Risky Rhetoric
Subtitle: Aids and the Cultural Practices of HIV Testing
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Published: February 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780809324941
Subjects: AIDS: social aspects; Rhetoric; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Public Health; HIV infections; Medical; Medical / Nursing; USA; Rhetorical criticism; AIDS & HIV; General; Medical / AIDS & HIV; Diagnosis; Social aspects; Social medicine
First sentence: The twenty-seventh of June 2000 was the sixth annual National HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) Testing Day, a massive campaign and testing event carried out at more than ten thousand national, state, and local sites and sponsored mainly by the National Association of People with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), media networks, government agencies, and major pharmaceutical companies.