Does the scientific “theory” that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Awardwinning author and anthropologistphysician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first fulllength ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. First published in 1992 this new edition has been updated and a new preface added.
Does the scientific “theory” that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Awardwinning author and anthropologistphysician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first fulllength ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. First published in 1992 this new edition has been updated and a new preface added.
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