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Health: Clinical ethics

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Recent years have seen growing international debate about the ethics of conducting medical research in the developing world, with concern that research participants have been exploited in the past.

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Opinions and Analysis

Better regulation needed for medical research in China

China must be more vigilant in regulating medical research to protect research participants, say Wang Ruotao and Gail E. Henderson.

4 December 2008 | EN | 中文
Source: The Lancet

An Ethiopian doctor conducting research Time to turn words into deeds on health research

African ministers have committed themselves to a set of actions to boost health research in their countries. Now they must implement them.

27 June 2008 | EN | FR


News and Features

Unauthorised HIV trial questions ethics processes

The trial of the hospital technician who conducted unauthorised drug trials on patients demonstrates the need for stricter regulations, say ethicists.

29 January 2009 | EN | ES | 中文

intravenous drip Medic charged with unauthorised drug trials in Malawi

Authorities have uncovered what they say are illegal and unsupervised drug trials on HIV positive cancer patients in Malawi.

12 November 2008 | EN