Title Negotiating pharmaceutical uncertainty : women's agency in a South African HIV prevention trial / Eirik Saethre and Jonathan Stadler

Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) Contents Infested natives and empowering biotechnologies -- Testing hope -- Recruiting meaning -- Libidinous sociality -- Experiencing efficacy -- The biotechnical salvation of a failed pharmaceutical Summary "Contrasting the development of innovative biomedical technologies with the everyday lives of female South African clinical trial participants, Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty illustrates how the uncertainty of transnational medical research unintentionally fosters women's control over their health, sexuality, and sociality"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 04, 2018) Subject Women -- Sexual behavior -- South Africa Clinical trials -- Social aspects -- South Africa Human experimentation in medicine -- South Africa Drugs -- Testing. HIV infections -- Prevention. Biotechnology -- Research. HIV Infections -- prevention & control Clinical Trials as Topic -- psychology Clinical Trials as Topic Research Subjects -- psychology Women -- psychology Personal Autonomy Sexual Behavior POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Biotechnology -- Research. Drugs -- Testing. MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV. HIV infections -- Prevention. Human experimentation in medicine. Women -- Sexual behavior. South Africa. Form Electronic book Author Stadler, Jonathan, author LC no. 2016015929 ISBN 9780826521415 082652141X 9780826521408 0826521401

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