Pharmaceutical colonialism - ethical issues for research in Africa
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Date
2009
Authors
Lyons, Tanya Julie
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African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific
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Abstract
Pharmaceutical Colonialism is the term used to describe the activities of some of the big pharmaceutical companies and their contract research organizations, that involves exploiting the sickness and poverty of citizens of weak and/or developing states.
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Pharmaceuticals industry, Ethics, Africa, Exploitation
Citation
Lyons, T.J., 2009. Pharmaceutical colonialism - ethical issues for research in Africa. Africa in a restructuring world. Proceedings of the 32nd AFSAAP conference 2009, 1-11.