Socialising the Biomedical Turn in HIV Prevention

by Susan Kippax and Niamh Stephenson

Book Overview

This book concerns HIV prevention. The authors argue that until the world focuses its attention on the social issues carried and revealed by AIDS, it is unlikely that HIV transmission will be eradicated or even significantly reduced. Currently we are witnessing the remedicalisation or the continuing biomedicalisation of HIV prevention, which began in earnest in 1996/7 after the development of successful HIV treatment. This biomedical trajectory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783085045
• ISBN13: 9781783085040
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"