Exploitation and Developing Countries The Ethics of Clinical Research

• Main Authors: Hawkins, Jennifer Susan, Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford Princeton University Press 2008
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Clinical trials; Clinical trials > Moral and ethical aspects > Developing countries; Ethics; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Health Sciences; MEDICAL; MEDICAL / Ethics; Moral and ethical aspects; PHILOSOPHY; Developing countries

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 rese...