Exploitation and Developing Countries: The Ethics of Clinical Research

by Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Jennifer S. Hawkins

Book Overview

When is clinical research in developing countries exploitation? Exploitation is a concept in ordinary moral thought that has not often been analyzed outside the Marxist tradition. Yet it is commonly used to describe interactions that seem morally suspect in some way. A case in point is clinical research sponsored by developed countries and carried out in developing countries, with participants who are poor and sick, and lack education. Such individuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691126763
• ISBN13: 9780691126760
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"