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oapen-20.500.12657-299412021-11-10T07:53:03Z Chapter Introduction Studying Trial Communities: Anthropological and Historical Inquiries into Ethos, Politics and Economy of Medical Research in Africa Geissler, Wenzel Molyneux, Catherine history, 20th century biomedical research/history africa cross-cultural comparison human experimentation/history ethics, research/history history 20th century biomedical research/history africa cross-cultural comparison human experimentation/history ethics research/history Anthropology Clinical trial Epistemology Ethnography Ethos Medicine Public health bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues::MBS Medical sociology Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. At present, study populations in Africa participate in an increasing number of medical research projects and clinical trials, run by both public institutions and private companies. Global debates about the politics and ethics of this research are growing and local concerns are prompting calls for social studies of the “trial communities” produced by this scientific work. Drawing on rich, ethnographic and historiographic material, this volume represents the emergent field of anthropological inquiry that links Africanist ethnography to recent concerns with science, the state, and the culture of late capitalism in Africa. 2014-05-28 00:00:00 2020-04-01T12:40:27Z 2020-04-01T12:40:27Z 2011 chapter 1000013 OCN: 1132222309 9780857450937 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29941 eng application/pdf n/a 1000013.pdf https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=GeisslerEvidence Berghahn Books Evidence, ethos, and experiment 10.26530/oapen_478050 10.26530/oapen_478050 562fcfcf-0356-4c23-869a-acb39d8c84b5 f09d55b0-6067-4acf-ae71-f5d7d53bbed5 d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 9780857450937 Wellcome 1 074772 Wellcome Trust Wellcome open access
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Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. At present, study populations in Africa participate in an increasing number of medical research projects and clinical trials, run by both public institutions and private companies. Global debates about the politics and ethics of this research are growing and local concerns are prompting calls for social studies of the “trial communities” produced by this scientific work. Drawing on rich, ethnographic and historiographic material, this volume represents the emergent field of anthropological inquiry that links Africanist ethnography to recent concerns with science, the state, and the culture of late capitalism in Africa.
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