doi: 10.1136/bmj.g4254.
Protections for clinical trials in low and middle income countries need strengthening not weakening
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Protections for clinical trials in low and middle income countries need strengthening not weakening
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- BMJ. 2014;349:g4516
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The latest revision of the Declaration of Helsinki weakens protections for trial participants in low and middle income countries. Rafael Dal-Ré and colleagues argue that this is a step in the wrong direction
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Contributors and sources: All authors are interested in bioethics in clinical research and their main professional work is on bioethics or clinical research. RD-R conceived the idea and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. DW made substantial revisions; PN, EH, and NS suggested further changes for important intellectual content. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript and are accountable for all aspects included in it. RD-R is the guarantor.
Competing interests: All authors have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.
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