Exploitation of Homeless Populations in Phase One Drug Trials

STUDENT VOICES | CHYNN PRIZE SECOND-PLACE WINNERBy Elizabeth Wood Last semester I read Carl Elliott’s “The Best-Selling, Billion Dollar Pills Tested on Homeless People.” He introduces a concerning ethical dilemma, namely, the use of homeless populations as participants in phase 1 drug trials. Learning about this practice made me very uncomfortable. As a student at […]

Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 9, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Ethics and Society Tags: Ethics Health Care Research Ethics Belmont Principles Belmont Report Center for Ethics Education clinical trial clinical trials exploitation Fordham University Center for Ethics Education Fordham University Student Voices Homelessnes Source Type: blogs