Article
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)
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
Disciplines
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/