{"product_id":"negotiating-pharmaceutical-uncertainty-womens-agency-in-a-south-african-hiv-prevention-trial-paperback","title":"Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty: Women's Agency in a South African HIV Prevention Trial - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEirik Saethre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTelling the story of a clinical trial testing an innovative gel designed to prevent women from contracting HIV, \u003ci\u003eNegotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty\u003c\/i\u003e provides new insight into the complex and contradictory relationship between medical researchers and their subjects. Although clinical trials attempt to control and monitor participants' bodies, Saethre and Stadler argue that the inherent uncertainty of medical testing can create unanticipated opportunities for women to exercise control over their health, sexuality, and social relationships. Combining a critical analysis of the social production of biomedical knowledge and technologies with a detailed ethnography of the lives of female South African trial participants, this book brings to light issues of economic exclusion, racial disparity, and spiritual insecurity in Johannesburg's townships. Built on a series of tales ranging from strategy sessions at the National Institutes of Health to witchcraft accusations against the trial, \u003ci\u003eNegotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the everyday social lives of clinical trials. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As embedded anthropologists, Saethre and Stadler provide a unique and nuanced perspective of the reality of a clinical trial that is often hidden from view.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEirik Saethre is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and author of \u003ci\u003eIllness Is a Weapon: Indigenous Identity and Enduring Afflictions\u003c\/i\u003e (also published by Vanderbilt University Press). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Stadler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241608704274,"sku":"9780826521408","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/rUvUJY49-9780826521408.webp?v=1777903829","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/negotiating-pharmaceutical-uncertainty-womens-agency-in-a-south-african-hiv-prevention-trial-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}