AIDS Research Case Study: AIDS Prevention in Developing Countries

An international controversy has developed concerning the conduct of research to test the efficacy of AIDS prevention interventions in developing countries.

Attached are two background papers pertaining to this controversy.

Attached are editorials and commentaries from the New England Journal of Medicine.

Attached are New York Times articles pertaining to this research.

 

What is your analysis of the ethics of this research? What principles have you used in your analysis?

Table of Contents.

Background Reports

 

Geneva Report.

 

 

NIH-CDC Report.

New York Times

 

September 1997

October 1997

New England Journal of Medicine

 

Editorial.

NIH-CDC Response.

Lurie-Wolfe Commentary

Review of Studies.

Reader Comments 1 2 3.

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