When Science Offers Salvation - Patient Advocacy and Research Ethics (Hardcover)

Biomedical research today has a high public profile, largely because of patient advocacy. Following in the footsteps of HIV/AIDS activists, advocates representing an array of patient groups are now vocal partners in the research enterprise. This book shows how advocates have transformed health research, often - but not always - for the better. Dresser is the first to examine patient advocacy through the lens of research ethics. She exposes the bright and dark sides of patients' expanded opportunities to enroll in clinical trials and join researchers in planning and evaluating studies. She considers the virtues and drawbacks of giving patients more influence over how the government invests its research dollars. She argues that advocates should do more to promote ethical human studies and responsible media reporting about research. Patient advocates can help make research more ethical, but advocacy raises ethical issues of its own. This book clearly and vividly recounts the advocacy contribution to research and explores the thorny ethical issues facing research advocates.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2001
First published:	March 2001
Authors:	Rebecca Susan Dresser (Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine)
Dimensions:	243 x 162 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	225
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-514313-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Promotions
LSN:	0-19-514313-2
Barcode:	9780195143133

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