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
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.