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The Ethical Design of an AIDS Vaccine Trial in Africa
Author(s) -
Christakis Nicholas A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562201
Subject(s) - informed consent , clinical trial , population , hiv vaccine , research ethics , sociocultural evolution , vaccine trial , medicine , clinical research , family medicine , pandemic , subject (documents) , psychology , alternative medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , political science , law , covid-19 , disease , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , library science , computer science
Proper conduct of an AIDS vaccine trial in Africa must be informed not only by the epidemiology and biology of HIV infection in African settings, but also by the ethical norms and cultural constraints prevailing in African settings.