In an unusual instance of lay participation in biomedical research, US AIDS treatment
activists have constituted themselves as credible participants in the process of knowledge …

The United States has been described as having the most demanding prescription drug
approval regimens in the world. 1 It costs approximately $231 million and takes …

Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the course of American health research was
increasingly shaped by politically-aggressive activism for two particular diseases, breast …

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic has challenged deeply held
notions on a number of issues ranging from sex education to the conduct of clinical trials …

Diese Arbeit wurde als Dissertation von Silvia Woll am Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung
und Systemanalyse (ITAS) des Karlsruher Institut für Technologie verfasst. Leider konnte …

In perhaps no other area has the impact of AIDS been more clear than in the identification,
clinical testing, and regulation of new drugs. The effects have been so extensive and the …

This dissertation interrogates the political significance of science and technology in the
contemporary world as well as their challenge to our understanding of democracy. It …