Ethical Issues in International Biomedical Research: A Casebook

Book info: Ethical Issues in International Biomedical Research: A Casebook (Hardcover, 400 pages) – Oxford University Press, 2007. Language: English.

Ethical Issues in International Biomedical Research is the definitive book on the ethics of research involving human subjects in developing countries. Using 21 actual case studies, it covers the most controversial topics, including the ethics of placebo research in Africa, what benefits should be provided to the community after completion of a research trial, how to address conflicts between IRBs in developed and developing countries, and undue inducement of poor people in developing countries. Each case is accompanied by two expert commentaries, written by many of the worlds leading experts in bioethics as well as new voices with research experience in developing countries. No other volume has this scope. Students in bioethics, public and international health, and ethics will find this book particularly useful. About the Author James V. Lavery is at St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto. Christine Grady is at the Department of Clinical Bioethics, The Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health. Elizabeth R. Wahl is at Yale University Medical School.