[PMID]: | 24768272 |
[Au] Autor: | Simpson B; Khatri R; Ravindran D; Udalagama T |
[Ad] Endereço: | Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Dawson Building, Lower Mountjoy, Stockton Rd., Durham DH1 3LE, UK. Electronic address: robert.simpson@durham.ac.uk. |
[Ti] Título: | Pharmaceuticalisation and ethical review in South Asia: issues of scope and authority for practitioners and policy makers. |
[So] Source: | Soc Sci Med;131:247-54, 2015 Apr. |
[Is] ISSN: | 1873-5347 |
[Cp] País de publicação: | England |
[La] Idioma: | eng |
[Ab] Resumo: | Ethical review by expert committee continues to be the first line of defence when it comes to protecting human subjects recruited into clinical trials. Drawing on a large scale study of biomedical experimentation across South Asia, and specifically on interviews with 24 ethical review committee [ERC] members across India, Sri Lanka and Nepal, this article identifies some of the tensions that emerge for ERC members as the capacity to conduct credible ethical review of clinical trials is developed across the region. The article draws attention to fundamental issues of scope and authority in the operation of ethical review. On the one hand, ERC members experience a powerful pull towards harmonisation and a strong alignment with international standards deemed necessary for the global pharmaceutical assemblage to consolidate and extend. On the other hand, they must deal with what is in effect the double jeopardy of ethical review in developing world contexts. ERC members must undertake review but are frequently made aware of their responsibility to protect interests that go beyond the 'human subject' and into the realms of development and national interest [for example, in relation to literacy and informed consent]. These dilemmas are indicative of broader questions about where ethical review sits in institutional terms and how it might develop to best ensure improved human subject protection given growth of industry-led research. |
[Mh] Termos MeSH primário: |
Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto/ética Países em Desenvolvimento Comitês de Ética em Pesquisa Ética Farmacêutica Ética em Pesquisa Formulação de Políticas Padrões de Prática Médica/ética Uso Excessivo de Medicamentos Prescritos/ética
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[Mh] Termos MeSH secundário: |
Fortalecimento Institucional/ética Conflito de Interesses Experimentação Humana/ética Seres Humanos Índia Internacionalidade Nepal Sri Lanka
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[Pt] Tipo de publicação: | JOURNAL ARTICLE; RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T |
[Em] Mês de entrada: | 1512 |
[Cu] Atualização por classe: | 150327 |
[Lr] Data última revisão:
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[Sb] Subgrupo de revista: | IM |
[Da] Data de entrada para processamento: | 140429 |
[St] Status: | MEDLINE |
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