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Author Shah, Sonia.

Title The body hunters : testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients / Sonia Shah.

Publication Info. New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2006.

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 Moore Stacks  RA401.D44 S53 2006    Available  ---
Description xiii, 242 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 policy.
Developing countries.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices -- Developing countries.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices.
Drugs -- Prescribing -- Developing countries.
Drugs -- Prescribing.
Drug utilization -- Developing countries.
Drug utilization.
Medical ethics.
Medical ethics.
Medication.
ISBN 1565849124
9781565849129