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By Paula A. Treichler. 477 pp. Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1999. $22.95. ISBN 0-8223-2318-4.

The idea that the responses of individuals and organizations to diseases are shaped by culture is not as controversial as it once was. The great therapeutic innovations in medicine surely stem from the concept that science is insulated from social forces, but the ways in which social and cultural forces can influence science and medicine are increasingly familiar. The way in which the story of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS has unfolded over the past two decades is becoming an important topic of study by social and cultural theorists, because it provides so many examples of illness as . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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