Biomedicine, Creativity, and the Story of AIDS

Mei Tan; Elena L. Grigorenko

doi:10.1017/9781316274385.013

13 - Biomedicine, Creativity, and the Story of AIDS

from Part III - Creativity in the Sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2017

Mei Tan and

Edited by

Vlad P. Glăveanu and

James C. Kaufman: Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
Vlad P. Glăveanu: Affiliation:
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
John Baer: Affiliation:
Rider University, New Jersey

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Far from being a static entity, creativity may be observed to evolve over time as the contexts that require it shift and change. This principle is illustrated in the thirty-plus years of biomedicine since the advent of AIDS and the discovery of its viral cause, HIV. This constituted a time period of dramatic changes in the field of biomedical research, particularly with respect to the patient–researcher relationship and the ways that characteristics of a patient population must be understood to effectively shape research practices. The essentially social nature of creativity, usually obscured in this domain, is shown to now play a central role in the field of biomedicine.

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