AIDS, Rhetoric, and Medical Knowledge
Alex (University of Edinburgh) Preda
Cambridge University Press, 2004
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This 2005 book shows how scientific knowledge about epidemics is shaped by the broader culture of advanced societies. The latter includes metaphors, narratives, and social classifications. The book examines the formation of scientific knowledge about the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and highlights common features with the SARS epidemic.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521837705
- ISBN-10
- 0521837707
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2004
- Publication date
- 2004-11-29
- Pages
- 290
- Dimensions
- 231x157x25
- Weight
- 515