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008			080925s2008 nyu 000 0 eng
010			_a 2008938225
020			_a9780387794754 (hardcover)
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050		4	_aRA643.8 _b.K35 2009
100	1		_aKalichman, Seth C.
245	1	0	_aDenying aids : _bconspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and human tragedy / _cSeth C. Kalichman.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bSpringer, _c2008.
300			_axxiii, 205 p. : _bill. (some col.), ports, _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-201) and index.
505	0		_aHIV/AIDS Denialism Is Alive and Well -- Peter Duesberg and the Origins of HIV/AIDS Denialism -- AIDS Pseudoscience -- Denialist Journalism and Conspiracy Theories -- Politics of Denialism -- Getting Out of Denial -- Epilogue: The Most Ironic Conspiracy. Appendix A: Timeline of HIV/AIDS Denialism. Appendix B: About the HIV/AIDS Denialists.
520			_aTraces the origins of AIDS dissidents' disclaimers during the earliest days of the epidemic and delves into the psychology and politics of the current denial movement in its various incarnations. Focuses not on the "difficult" or doubting patient, but on organized, widespread forms of denial (including the idea that HIV itself is a myth and HIV treatments are poison) and the junk science, faulty logic, conspiracy theories, and larger forces of homophobia and racism that fuel them. Among topics covered why AIDS denialism endures, and why science must understand it; the role of pioneer virus researcher Peter Duesberg in AIDS denialism; flawed immunological, virological, and pharmacological pseudoscience studies that are central to texts of denialism ; the social conservative agenda and the politics of AIDS denial, from the courts to the White House ; the impact of HIV misinformation on public health in South Africa; and fighting fiction with reality: anti-denialism and the scientific community.
650		0	_aAIDS (Disease) _xHistory.
650		0	_aAIDS (Disease) _xPrevention.
650		0	_aAIDS activists.
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