{"product_id":"negotiating-pharmaceutical-uncertainty-eirik-saethre-9780826521392","title":"Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty: Women's Agency in a South African HIV Prevention Trial","description":"Telling 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eirik Saethre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826521398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826521392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Eirik Saethre","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112981836031,"sku":"9780826521392","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df785ddd-60d0-4ce0-8467-d2b818417acf.jpg?v=1769612257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/negotiating-pharmaceutical-uncertainty-eirik-saethre-9780826521392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}