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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDSby Elizabeth Pisani
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:When people ask Elizabeth Pisani what she does for a living, she says, "sex and drugs." As an epidemiologist researching AIDS, she's been involved with international efforts to halt the disease for fourteen years. With swashbuckling wit and fierce honesty, 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.Pisani chats with flamboyant Indonesian transsexuals about their boob jobs and watches Chinese streetwalkers turn away clients because their SUVs aren't nice enough. With verve and clarity, she 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. "Exhibit A": the 45 billion taxpayer dollars the Bush administration is committing to international AIDS programs. Book News Annotation:A specialist in sex and drugs, epidemiologist Pisani recounts her
experience in East Asia and elsewhere trying to understand the social
and economic context of AIDS, and to convince public officials to
craft and carry out policies that actually address the disease rather
than some other concern. Fundamentally she argues that people will
continue to seek pleasure and sell pleasure whatever the risk.
Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:With wit and fierce honesty, an epidemiologist talks about sex, drugs, and the mistakes surrounding international AIDS prevention. Pisani reveals how easy it is to draw wrong conclusions from "objective" data and how much money is spent so very badly. Synopsis:A flame-throwing epidemiologist talks about sex, drugs, and the mistakes (dismal), ideologies (vicious), and hopes (realistic) of international AIDS prevention.
About the AuthorElisabeth Pisanihas provided research, analysis, and policy advice to the World Bank, the WHO, UNAIDS, the CDC, and other organizations; and to the Ministries of Health of China, Indonesia, East Timor, and the Philippines. Pisani lives in Bangkok and southwestern Ireland. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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