Impure Science by Steven Epstein
Shows the extent to which AIDS research has been a social and political phenomenon and how the AIDS movement has transformed biomedical research practices through its capacity to garner credibility by novel strategies. This book is suitable for sociologists, physicians, and scientists.
"As the AIDS movement is showing, people with diseases can play a profound part in saving themselves. . A perceptive and useful analysis of this revolution in the democratization of medicine." * New York Times *
"Amid the dozens of books about AIDS, one stands out—Impure Science. . . . Epstein has documented the fast-moving history of the epidemic's first years in an eloquent, readable narrative. . . . Intelligent and original." * New Scientist *
"A monumental book to read and ponder." * AIDS Book Review Journal *
"For those seeking insights into what surely is the greatest medical story of our times, Impure Science provides a rich lode of contextual material from which to consider howe we got here." * The Lancet *
"A study marked by scrupulous attention to detail that is at the same time almost breathtaking in its scope and probing in its analysis. It is at once a fine contemporary history of science, a sociology of knowledge, and an account of the emergence and fate of a social movement driven by rage and passion." * Science *
"Lucid, balanced, and impressively well-documented." * American Scientist *
"Amid the dozens of books about AIDS, one stands out—Impure Science. . . . Epstein has documented the fast-moving history of the epidemic's first years in an eloquent, readable narrative. . . . Intelligent and original." * New Scientist *
"A monumental book to read and ponder." * AIDS Book Review Journal *
"For those seeking insights into what surely is the greatest medical story of our times, Impure Science provides a rich lode of contextual material from which to consider howe we got here." * The Lancet *
"A study marked by scrupulous attention to detail that is at the same time almost breathtaking in its scope and probing in its analysis. It is at once a fine contemporary history of science, a sociology of knowledge, and an account of the emergence and fate of a social movement driven by rage and passion." * Science *
"Lucid, balanced, and impressively well-documented." * American Scientist *
Steven Epstein is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. The work on which this book is based won the American Sociological Association's award for best dissertation of the year.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520214453 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520214455 |
| Title | Impure Science |
| Author | Steven Epstein |
| Series | Medicine And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1998-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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