The Professional Guinea Pig
Big Pharma and the Risky World of Human Subjects
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ISBN-13:
9780822348238
Veröffentl:
2010
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.07.2010
Seiten:
200
Autor:
Roberto Abadie
Gewicht:
306 g
Format:
234x156x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ethnography of the lives of a new professional drug testing class, analyzing the underground economy of human research subjects (guinea pigs) who test the safety of new drugs for money (illegal immigrants, homeless people, ex-convicts, anarchists, and oth
An ethnography focused on "professional guinea pigs," healthy, paid research subjects who earn their living by participating in multiple clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development
A Note on Method ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction. A Guinea Pig's Wage: Risk, Body Commodification, and the Ethics of Pharmaceutical Research in America 11. Guinea-Pigging: The In/Formal Economy of Phase I Clinical Trials in Philadelphia 212. Market Recruitment, Identity, and Resistance among Professional Guinea Pigs 453. Local Knowledge and Risk Management among Professional Guinea Pigs 654. Big Pharma and HIV Clinical Trials: A Case Study 855. Strategies of Survival: HIV Clinical Trials and the Fight for Their Lives 976. From Prisoners to Professionals: A Brief History of the Clinical-Trial Enterprise 1217. Ethics and the Exploitation of the Poor in Clinical Trials Research 137Conclusion. Living in/off the Mild Torture Economy as Trial Subjects 157Epilogue. Following Up: Robert Helms, Frank Little, Dave Onion, and Spam One Last Time 167Bibliography 171Index 181
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