Protecting Communities in Research: Philosophical and Pragmatic Challenges

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1999

Source

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volume

8

Issue

4

First Page

501

Last Page

513

URL with Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0963180199004120

Abstract

The issue of the protection of communities in clinical research first arose 10 years ago in studies conducted in technologically developing countries by scientists from technologically developed nations. The question was, which ethical standards ought to apply, those of the Western investigators or local standards?

Notes

Dr. Charles Weijer is currently a faculty member at The University of Western Ontario.

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