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In this chapter I shall discuss a series of methodological questions. The chapter breaks down into two parts, dedicated to data generation and data interpretation, respectively. With regard to the former, I will relate basic epidemiological and sociological features of the people who, by telling me about their life with HIV, have made this inquiry possible; I will then make a few remarks on my interview technique. With regard to the latter, I shall first discuss the principles that have guided the selection of some of my respondents as exemplary cases, to then specify my technique of interpretation.
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Rinken, S. (2000). Observing Selves. In: The AIDS Crisis and the Modern Self. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9502-5_3
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