Double ethical review of North-South collaborative clinical research: Hidden paternalism or real partnership?;Point de vue: Double examen éthique de la recherche clinique collaborative Nord-Sud: paternalisme caché ou partenariat réel?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-530

  Ravinetto, Raffaella ^a   Buvé, Anne ^a   Halidou, Tinto ^b   Lutumba, Pascal ^b   Talisuna, Ambrose ^c   Juffrie, Mohammad ^d   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^c INFECTIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH COLLABORATION   (Uganda)

^d GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Developing countries; Ethical review; Protection of study subjects; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VULNERABILITY;

BIOETHICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFLICT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOUBLE ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATERNALISM; POLITICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ETHICAL REVIEW; ETHICS COMMITTEES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATERNALISM;

EID: 79952764879     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02732.x     Document Type: Review

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