Dissertation Research: French and American Medical Discourse on AIDS

这个项目将允许一个学生学习医学博士以及 伊利诺伊大学人类学博士，研究 医学专家谈论艾滋病。 该项目将需要 在美国的几个地方和法国的一家医院 那里的艾滋病研究很先进 方法将包括 作为一名医务工作者， 一些诊所和密集的面谈 这项研究很重要，因为艾滋病是世界上 现代世界的重要医学事实。 增加 了解疾病的医学模型是如何建立的， 并在医院和诊所的日常实践中加以修改， 帮助我们了解如何传播正确的理解， 疾病在整个人群中蔓延。

This project will allow a student studying for an MD as well as a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Illinois to study how medical professionals talk about AIDS. the project will take place in several locations in the US and one hospital in France where AIDS research is advanced. Methods will consist of ethnographic "participant-observation" as a medical worker in some clinics, and intensive interviewing. This research is important because AIDS is one of the most important medical facts of life in the modern world. Increased understanding of how the medical model of the disease is created and modified in the daily practice of hospitals and clinics will help us understand how to disseminate accurate understanding of the disease in the population at large.