Case Studies in Ethics and HIV Research

• Main Authors: Loue, Sana (Author), Pike, Earl C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Epidemiology.; Medical ethics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Researchers into HIV/AIDS face a gamut of ethical as well as scientific challenges. By viewing the gathering of data as a reciprocal activity between researchers, participants, and their communities, the expert contributors to Case Studies in Ethics and HIV Research bring these challenges to the for...

Table of Contents:

• Human Rights, International Guidelines, and HIV Research
• U.S. Regulations and HIV-Related Research
• The Informed Consent Process
• Working with Boards and Committees: ECs, DSMBs, CABs
• Researcher-Participant Relations
• Researcher-Community Relations
• Recruiting for HIV-Related Research
• Clinical Trials
• Observational Studies
• Behavioral Intervention Studies
• Ethical Issues in Multicenter/Multisite Studies
• HIV Research with Children
• HIV-Related Research with Cognitively Impaired Persons
• Studies with Minority Populations
• Research in International Settings
• Activity-Defined Populations
• Training the Next Generation of Researchers
• Training Community.