AIDS and Accusation by Paul Farmer

AIDS and Accusation by Paul Farmer

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Summary

Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the USA rather than from hard evidence? This study answers in the affirmative, providing a detailed ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society.

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AIDS and Accusation by Paul Farmer

Does the scientific theory that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the USA rather than from hard evidence? This study answers in the affirmative, providing a detailed ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society.
Paul Farmer is an instructor in Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and a research resident in internal medicine at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. With doctorates in both medicine and social anthropology, he conducts his research and medical practice in Haiti.
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ISBN 13 9780520077010
ISBN 10 0520077016
Title AIDS and Accusation
Author Paul Farmer
Series Comparative Studies Of Health Systems And Medical Care
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 1992-08-26
Number of pages 338
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