Politics in the Corridor of Dying

Download or read book Politics in the Corridor of Dying written by Jennifer Chan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on more than one hundred interviews conducted across eighteen countries, the author documents the emergence of a diverse range of community-based, nongovernmental, and civil society groups engaged in patient-focused AIDS advocacy worldwide. She also critically evaluates the evolving role of these groups in challenging authoritative global health governance schemes put in place by what she describes as overcontrolling or sanctimonious governments, scientists, religious figures, journalists, educators, and corporations.--From publisher description.