North-South research partnerships: the ethics of carrying out research in developing countries

North-South research collaboration is currently plagued by differing interpretations of ethical standards of doing research in developing countries. Only 10% of global research funding goes to diseases which comprise 90% of the global burden.

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Published inBMJ Vol. 319; no. 7207; pp. 438 - 441
Main Author Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Journal Publishing Group 14.08.1999
British Medical Association
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
BMJ Publishing Group
British Medical Journal
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
AIDS
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical trials
Collaboration
Developing Countries
Education and Debate
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Ethics, Medical
Ethics, Research
Funding
HIV
Humans
International relations
Internationality
LDCs
Medical research
Medical sciences
Parasitic diseases
Placebos
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research ethics
Research Subjects
Research Support as Topic
Teaching. Deontology. Ethics. Legislation
Testing
Tropical medicine
Zidovudine
Human
Ethics
Scientific research
Developing countries
Review
Industrialized country
International relation
Public health
Biomedical and Behavioral Research
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Summary:North-South research collaboration is currently plagued by differing interpretations of ethical standards of doing research in developing countries. Only 10% of global research funding goes to diseases which comprise 90% of the global burden.
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1468-5833
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.319.7207.438