The body hunters : testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients / Sonia Shah.
The body hunters : testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients / Sonia Shah.
The body hunters : testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients / Sonia Shah.
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New York : New Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N362.1782/16
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 242 p. ; 22 cm.
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...
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Publisher
New York : New Press, 2006.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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"The Body Hunters recounts the way the multinational pharmaceutical industry, in its quest to develop lucrative drugs, has begun quietly exporting its clinical research business to the developing world, where ethical oversight is minimal and desperate patients abound. Faced with crumbling facilities, minuscule budgets, and lowering health crises, d...
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The body hunters : testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients / Sonia Shah.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N362.1782/16
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1565849124
9781565849129
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362.1782
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991021832969702626
