ArticleAmerican journal of public health2002
Ethical oversight of public health research: can rules and IRBs make a difference in developing countries?
Article in American journal of public health, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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- Exploring ethical considerations for the use of biological and physiological markers in population-based surveys in less developed countries.Globalization and health · 2005Article
- Human rights, cultural pluralism, and international health research.Theoretical medicine and bioethics · 2005Article
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Abstract
Controversies in the conduct of international research continue to pose challenges for the system of ethical review, particularly for developing countries. Although the concept of vulnerability is key to addressing these challenges, ethical review has typically ignored the agency of vulnerable participants and groups in determining what kind of review process is needed. Concurrent with developments shaping the new public health that seek to operationalize empowerment of communities by placing them as initiators and organizers of their own health, ethical review of public health research must find ways to recognize the agency of vulnerable individuals, groups, and communities in the review process if it is to address effectively the ethical dilemmas currently evident in collaborative international research.
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