As an epidemiologist researching AIDS, Elizabeth Pisani has been involved with international efforts to halt the disease for fourteen years. With swashbuckling wit, fierce honesty, and more than a little political incorrectness, she dishes on herself and her colleagues as they try to prod reluctant governments to fund HIV prevention for the people who need it most: drug injectors, gay men, sex workers, and johns. With verve and clarity, Pisani shows the general reader how her profession really works; how easy it is to draw wrong conclusions from "objective" data; and, shockingly, how much money is spent so very badly.

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Format: TradePaperback
Author: Pisani, Elizabeth
ISBN: 9780393337655
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.24 x 0.98
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Year: 2009

The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS

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