Author: Harold T. Shapiro

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Published: 2002-02-01

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 9780756713553

The companion volume to a report by the Nat. Bioethics Advisory Commission that discusses the ethical issues that arise when research subject to U.S. regulations is sponsored or conducted in developing countries. Papers in this volume include: the challenge of equivalent protection; attitudes and experiences of U.S. and developing country investigators regarding U.S. human subjects regulations; the relevance of culture for informed consent in U.S.-funded international health research; comparative analysis of international documents addressing the protection of research participants; and international perspectives on protecting human research subjects.