Ethical issues in research in low-income countries

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 617-623

  Benatar, Solomon R ^a,b   Fleischer, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Ethics; Exploitation; Low income countries

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG DISEASES; POVERTY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34249868707     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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