Denying AIDS: conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and human tragedy

Paralleling the discovery of HIV and the rise of the AIDS pandemic, a flock of naysayers has dedicated itself to replacing genuine knowledge with destructive misinformation – and spreading from the fringe to the mainstream media and the think tank. Now from the editor of the journal AIDS and Behavior comes a bold exposé of the scientific and sociopolitical forces involved in this toxic evasion. Denying AIDS traces the origins of AIDS dissidents disclaimers duringthe earliest days of the epidemic and delves into the psychology and politicsof the current denial movement in its various incarnations. Seth Kalichman focuses not on the ‘difficult’ or doubting patient, but on organized, widespreadforms 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. Written by Seth C. Kalichman, editor of AIDS and Behavior, a Clinical-Community Psychologist and a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Connecticut All royalties will support the purchase of antiretroviral medications for people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa: http://www.shallwego.net/ftf/index.htm. INDICE: 1 HIV/AIDS Denialism is alive and well.- 2 Peter Duesberg and the Origins of HIV/AIDS Denialism.- 3 AIDS Pseudoscience.- 4 Antics and Tactics ofHIV/AIDS Denialism.- 5 Politics of HIV/AIDS Denialism.- 6 Getting Out of Denial.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-79475-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 210
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés