The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels and the Business of AIDS (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393337655)

As 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, shockingly, how much money is spent so very badly.

Author: Elizabeth Pisani
ISBN-10: 0393337650
ISBN-13: 9780393337655
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.98d