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In partnership with The Center for Medicine, Health and Society (Vanderbilt University, Nashville). In collaboration with Seuil editions.

Presented by : Julie Clarini. Expert witness : Valérie Pihet. With : Daniel Defert, Bruno Lina, Jonathan Metzl and Patrick Zylberman.

How do the representations of a disease influence the means set up to fight it and the care provided to patients? What role do worst-case scenarios and other fictions play in health safety policies? The risk of stigma incurred by those who suffer from diseases (HIV/AIDS, Ebola…) serves to remind us that we cannot ignore the social and political significance of a medical diagnosis.

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