Thinking differently about HIV/AIDS : contributions from critical social science

Book 2019

"Almost four decades after the discovery of HIV/AIDS, the world continues to grapple with this public health challenge. "Thinking Differently about HIV/AIDS" explores the limits of mainstream approaches to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and challenges readers to develop alternate solutions, emphasizing the value of critical social science perspectives. The contributors investigate traditions of inquiry--governmentality studies, institutional ethnography,...

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AIDS (Disease) Canada

Critical thinking Canada

HIV infections Canada

Social sciences Canada

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ISBN:

9780774860703
0774860707

Description:

pages cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index
Issued also in electronic format

Contents:

On the possibility of being governed otherwise : exploring Foucault's legacy for critical social science studies in the field of HIV/AIDS / Adrian Guta and Stuart J. Murray
Tracking treatment adherence : should critical social scientific accounts of HIV theorize non-human actants? / Martin French
Institutional ethnography as a critical research strategy : access, engagement, and implications for HIV/AIDS research / Daniel Grace
Conversation analysis and critical social science : the interactional organization of HIV-positive disclosures / Jeffrey P. Aguinaldo
Indigenous knowing in HIV research in Canada : a reflexive dialogue / Randy Jackson
Thinking critically about HIV prevention for gay and bisexual men / Barry D. Adam
Undetectable optimism : the science of gay male sexual risk-taking and serosorting in the context of uncertain knowledge of viral load / Mark Gaspar
A critical case-study analysis of the logic and practices of prescribing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to at-risk adolescents / Chris Sanders, Jill Owczarzak, and Andrew Petroll
The social relations of disclosure : critical reflections on the community-based response to HIV criminalization / Colin Hastings
Epidemiology, the media, and Vancouver's public health emergency : a critical ethnography / Denielle Elliott

Control Number:

2693079

Other Authors:

Mykhalovskiy, Eric, editor
Namaste, Viviane K., editor

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