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Ethical Issues in HIV Vaccine Trials

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  • © 1997

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  1. Thomas A. Kerns

    1. North Seattle Community College, Seattle, USA

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 1-12

  3. Where Stands the Pandemic Now?

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 13-23

  4. It’s Not Just Another Disease

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 24-28

  5. Will it Ever Slow Down?

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 29-43

  6. Is a Vaccine Possible?

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 44-47

  7. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 48-56

  8. How the Immune System Works

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 57-59

  9. How Vaccines Work

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 60-71

  10. Human Trials

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 72-76

  11. Criteria of Effectiveness

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 77-93

  12. Ethical Principles

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 94-96

  13. Real Risks

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 97-141

  14. Whom Do You Want for Volunteers?

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 142-147

  15. Compensating Volunteers for Injury

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 148-151

  16. Informed Consent (1)

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 152-155

  17. Assessing Comprehension

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 156-160

  18. Informed Consent (2)

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 161-165

  19. Ethics Review Committees

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 166-170

  20. Protecting Individual Subjects

    • Thomas A. Kerns
    Pages 171-181
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This book explores some of the complex ethical quandaries entailed by proposed phase III HIV preventive vaccine trials. The book argues that such trials must be initiated as soon as politically and ethically feasible on the one hand, and that no such trials should be undertaken until we can assure full compliance with the Nuremberg Code and the WHO/CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects on the other. The tension between these two positions is fully detailed and suggestions offered for how to think about possible resolutions.

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"An indispensable book for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of what has been done in and to Afghanistan in the last 30 years." - Asian Affairs, November 2005

''A vivid, intelligent journey through post 9/11 Afghanistan and the wider region ...This is a deeply sincere and intelligent book in which the voices of ordinary Afghans describe their past and their future. The most powerful book on post 9/11 Afghanistan that you will be likely to read.'' - Ahmed Rashid, author

"A devastating critique of US and UN post-conflict policies in Afghanistan" - Andrew Mack, The Liu Centre, University of British Columbia in Vancouver

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  • North Seattle Community College, Seattle, USA

    Thomas A. Kerns

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