Evolving values in ethics and global health research

Global Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-163

  IJsselmuiden, C B ^a,b   Kass, N E ^c   Sewankambo, K N ^d   Lavery, J V ^e,f  

^a Council on Health Research for Development ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Changing values; Developing countries; Ethics review; International health research; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77951059377     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690903436599     Document Type: Article

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