1. CULTURE AND VOLUNTARY INFORMED CONSENT IN AFRICAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS.
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FRIMPONG-MANSOH, AUGUSTINE
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AIDS vaccines , *PUBLIC health , *MEDICAL cooperation , *TRANSCULTURAL medical care , *HEALTH & society - Abstract
This paper discusses how to apply a collective decision model of the principle of voluntary informed consent in African communitarian culture, in a culturally sensitive way, in order to protect research candidates from potential exploitations and abuses. Dismissing cultural and ethical skepticism surrounding the global application of the principle of voluntary informed consent, the paper ultimately concludes that international collaboration on diagnostic and therapeutic medical research in Africa, especially HIV vaccine trials, is a moral imperative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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