The ethics of HIV research in developing nations

Bioethics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-306

  Resnik, David B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; PLACEBO; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ALTRUISM; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION; CONTROL GROUP; DECLARATION OF HELSINKI; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; THAILAND; UNAIDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION; DECLARATION OF HELSINKI; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; UNAIDS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ALTRUISM; BENEFICENCE; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CODES OF ETHICS; CONTROL GROUPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONALITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLACEBOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 0032175091     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8519.00118     Document Type: Article

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62. I would like to thank Loretta Kopelman, John Moskop, Ruth Macklin and two anonymous reviewers from Bioethics for helpful comments and criticism.