The Wisdom of Whores Free

Author: Elizabeth Pisani
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0393337650
Category: Medical

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

"[A] rollicking, eye-opening, hilarious account of the underbelly of international AIDS research. Download The Wisdom of Whores medical books for free.
-Carlin Romano, Philadelphia InquirerAs 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, shocki Get The Wisdom of Whores our bestseller medical books.

The Wisdom of Whores Free

-Carlin Romano, Philadelphia InquirerAs an epidemiologist researching AIDS, Elizabeth Pisani has been involved with international efforts to halt the disease for fourteen years 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, shocki

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