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Author Shah, Sonia.

Title The body hunters : testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients / Sonia Shah ; [foreword by John Le Carre].

Imprint New York : New Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  362.1782 Sh13b 2006    ---  Available
Description xiii, 242 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-232) and index.
Contents 1. Clinical trials go global -- 2. The placebo control -- 3. Growing the pharma monolith -- 4. Uncaging the guinea pig -- 5. HIV and the second-rate solution -- 6. South Africa : drug trials and AIDS denialism -- 7. Outsourcing to India : the one billion body politic -- 8. Calibrating ethical codes -- 9. The emperor has no clothes : the vagaries of informed consent -- 10. Tipping the scales.
Subject Pharmaceutical policy -- Developing countries.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices -- Developing countries.
Drugs -- Prescribing -- Developing countries.
Drug utilization -- Developing countries.
Medical ethics.
Added Author Le Carre, John, 1931-
ISBN 1565849124
Standard No. 9781565849129
YDXCP 2270570

 
    
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