Taking stock of the ethical foundations of international health research: Pragmatic lessons from the IU-moi academic research ethics partnership

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Meslin, Eric M ^a,c   Were, Edwin ^b,c   Ayuku, David ^b,c  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; International health; Research partnership

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORALS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84892859036     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2456-7     Document Type: Review

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