Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries: 2 (Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics, Series Number 2) - Softcover

Macklin, Ruth

 
9780521541701: Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries: 2 (Cambridge Law, Medicine and Ethics, Series Number 2)
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ISBN 10: 0521541700 ISBN 13: 9780521541701
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This book examines the ethical controversies that have surrounded the design and conduct of international medical research sponsored by industrialized countries or industry, and carried out in developing countries. The chief concern is that research subjects in developing countries may be exploited because sponsors of research employ double standards. One debate focuses on whether the standard of care provided to subjects of medical research in developing countries should be the same as what research subjects receive in North America and Europe. Other concerns are whether the process of obtaining informed consent in developing countries is adequate, and whether prior ethical review of research meets standards that are well established in the industrialized world. Recent international developments show that essential medications can be made affordable and accessible to developing countries, and that double standards need not prevail.

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Professor of Bioethics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521541700
ISBN 13 
9780521541701
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
290

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