Not really. the studies have to be approved by the institutional review boards before the experiments are conducted. So unless there is really strong justification nothing really harmful can be done. Moreover the subject have to be guaranteed treatment of whatever condition is being treated after the study is over. so at the very least the subjects get treatment that they ordinarily would not be receiving or could not afford.
So are you against people receiving medical treatment? On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://goo.gl/14Dw > > "In recent years, there has been a steady shift of clinical research from > testing in the U.S. and other developed nations to the developing world. A > report from the United States Department of Health and Human Services noted > that roughly 80 percent of drug approvals in 2008 were based in part on data > from outside the U.S. Eight percent of drugs approved for use in the U.S. > were only tested using subjects in foreign nations.As more testing is > outsourced to other nations, there is a very real moral worry that we are > still exploiting the poor to serve as guinea pigs so we can improve our > medical care." > > This is certainly quite chilling :( > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328868 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
