Long, Karen R.,

Researchers Face Ethical Dilemmas in Third World. Karen R. Long. - Religion News Service, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 71, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Researchers Face Ethical Dilemmas in Third World, Sept. 15, 2003; pp. n.p..

"The National Bioethics Advisory Commission declared it unethical for American researchers to test expensive drugs on Third World people unable to afford those treatments. No one, the commissioners declared, should parachute into impoverished places, run their studies and disappear with results that benefit privileged groups living far away." (RELIGION NEWS SERVICE) This article examines ethical dilemmas regarding the testing of drugs in third world countries.

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Bioethics
Clinical trials
Drugs--Testing
Human experimentation in medicine
Medical care--Developing countries
Pharmaceutical ethics
Pharmaceutical industry

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