The AIDS conspiracy : science fights back /
Nicoli Nattrass.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.
- viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-216) 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.
AIDS (Disease)--Transmission. HIV infections--United States. HIV infections--South Africa. AIDS (Disease)--United States. AIDS (Disease)--South Africa. Medical policy--United States. Medical policy--South Africa. Conspiracy theories. Public opinion--United States. Public opinion--South Africa. HIV Infections--South Africa. HIV Infections--United States. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--South Africa. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--United States. Health Policy--South Africa. Health Policy--United States. Public Opinion--South Africa. Public Opinion--United States.