"The Balm of Gilead: Is the Provision of Treatment to those Who Seroconvert in HIV Prevention Trials a Matter of Moral Obligation or Moral Negotiation?" by Charles Weijer

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The Balm of Gilead: Is the Provision of Treatment to those Who Seroconvert in HIV Prevention Trials a Matter of Moral Obligation or Moral Negotiation?

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2006)

Charles Weijer, The University of Western Ontario
Guy J. Leblanc, Dalhousie University

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Abstract

Must treatment be provided to subjects who acquire HIV during the course of a prevention study? An analysis of ethical foundation, regulation, and recent argumentation provides no basis for the obligation. We outline an alternative approach to the problem based on moral negotiation.

Keywords

Clinical Trials,
Compensation and Redress,
Developing Countries,
International Cooperation,
Moral Obligations

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Publication Date

Winter 2006

Citation Information

Charles Weijer and Guy J. Leblanc. "The Balm of Gilead: Is the Provision of Treatment to those Who Seroconvert in HIV Prevention Trials a Matter of Moral Obligation or Moral Negotiation?" Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics Vol. 34 Iss. 4 (2006)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charlesweijer/51/