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Ethical issues in international biomedical research : a casebook / edited by James V. Lavery ... [et al.]. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - xxvii, 371 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Collaborative partnership. Community involvement in biodiversity prospecting in Mexico. Selling genes. Sustainability of a fluoride varnish feasibility study in Nicaragua -- Social value. Malarone testing in pregnant women in Thailand. Neglected diseases: incentives to conduct research in developing countries -- Scientific validity. Evaluating home-based treatment strategies for neonatal sepsis in India. The limitations of knowledge. Controversy surrounding the scientific value of the VaxGen/Aventis (RV144) phase 3 vaccine trial in Thailand -- Fair subject and community selection. Pharmaceutical research in developing countries. Trading genes for toothbrushes. Testing a phase 1 malaria vaccine -- Favorable risk-benefit ratio. Ethical complications during an investigation of malaria infection in native Amazonian populations in western Brazil. Access to treatment for trial participants w

ISBN: 0195179226 (alk. paper) 9780195179224 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006043751

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA691805 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013589589 Uk 101302925 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.--Case studies.
Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.--Cross-cultural studies.
Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects--Cross-cultural studies.
Human Experimentation--ethics.
Biomedical Research--ethics.
Internationality.

LC Class. No.: R852 / .E826 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 174.2/8

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2007 D-177 W 20.55.H9 / E837 2007