Introduction: Controversy, Credibility, and the Public Character of AIDS Research -- 1. The Nature of a New Threat. The Discovery of a "Gay Disease" (1981-1982). Lifestyle vs. Virus (1982-1983). The Triumph of Retrovirology (1982-1984) -- 2. HIV and the Consolidation of Certainty. The Construction of Scientific Proof (1984-1986). HIV as "Obligatory Passage Point" -- 3. Reopening the Causation Controversy. From Deafening Silence to the Pages of Science (1987-1988). Consolidation and Refinement (1989-1991) -- 4. The Debate That Wouldn't Die. The Controversy Reignites (1991-1992). The Dynamics of Closure: Whither the Controversy? (1992-1995). Causation and Credibility -- 5. Points of Departure. Targeting a Retrovirus (1984-1986). Clinical Trials Take Center Stage (1986-1987) -- 6. "Drugs into Bodies" Gaining Access (1987-1988). A Knowledge-Empowered Movement -- 7. The Critique of Pure Science. AZT and the Politics of Interpretation (1989-1990)
Activism and the Manufacture of Knowledge (1989-1991) -- 8. Dilemmas and Divisions in Science and Politics. Combination Therapy and the "Surrogate Markers" Debate (1989-1992). Inside and Outside the System -- 9. Clinical Trials and Tribulations. The Search for New Directions (1992-1993). Living with Uncertainty (1993-1995) -- Conclusion: Credible Knowledge, Hierarchies of Expertise, and the Politics of Participation in Biomedicine
Summary
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
Notes
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-443) and index
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English
Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills Award, 1996
