Innovation and Biomedicine

Ethics, Evidence and Expectation in HIV

• Author(s): M. Michael, M. Rosengarten,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 199
• ISBN_10: 1137316675
  ISBN_13: 9781137316677
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Technology & Engineering / Biomedical , Political Science / Public Policy / General ,

Description:... With its focus on the offshore randomized control trials of a Pre-Exposure Prophylactic pill (PrEP) for preventing HIV infection, the volume develops a sustained analysis of the complex, virtual and topological dimensions of the expectations, ethics and evidence that surround the innovation of PrEP.