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Let us compare epidemics
on Nov 2, 2009 in children pneumonia bioethics H1N1 virus There is always something a bit distasteful about comparing human tragedies, but it is also inevitable. The tsunami in 2004 was terrible, but was it as bad as the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, which has taken millions of lives over the last de...
I pay thy poverty, and not thy will
on Oct 25, 2009 in romeo and juliet organ trade bioethics In Romeo and Juliet, there is the scene where Romeo goes to an Apothecary to obtain a poison. Juliet is presumed dead; Romeo wishes to go to the Capulet's family tomb, take the poison and join her in a deadly embrace. The Apothecary hesitates: distri...
HIV treatment: the good news and the bad
on Oct 20, 2009 in Africa ethics AIDS/HIV bioethics First, the good news: more people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS are receiving treatment than ever before. Over the last 5 years, there seems to have been a 10-fold increase, and now some four million people are taking antiretroviral drugs. Tradition...
Ethics and the global registry of clinical trials
on Sep 30, 2009 in global registry World Health Organization clinical trials bioethics We do not really know how many clinical trials are taking place in Africa. In fact, we don't know -- and have not known ever -- how many clinical trials are taking place around the globe. And, a fortiori, we don't have much of a grip on what kinds of...
Research data from developing countries as 'the new gold'
on Sep 24, 2009 in developing world clinical trials bioethics The ethical complexities involved in outsourcing of clinical trials in developing countries have been discussed over the last few years, and by the looks of things, this discussion will continue. For different reasons. First, and probably foremost, b...
The regulation of desperation
on Sep 13, 2009 in Research ethics last chance therapies bioethics We think sometimes that, when we are terribly sick, medical science must have progressed to a point where there is an effective treatment. That belief (or faith) sometimes turns to be true, and sometimes not. In the latter case, there is a terrible f...
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