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     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
HIV/AIDS Research Conducted in the Developing World and Sponsored by the Developed World:
Reporting of Research Ethics Committee Review in Two Countries.
Chin LJ, Rifai-Bashjawish H, Kleinert K, et al J
Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2011 Sep;6(3):83-91.
 Abstract

The Morally Uncomfortable Global Drug Gap.
Cohen-Kohler JC. Leslie Dan F 
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Sep 26;
 Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Desperately seeking targets: the ethics of routine HIV testing in low-income countries.
Rennie S, Behets F.
Bull World Health Organ. 2006 Jan;84(1):52-7.
 Paper

Ethical issues related to HIV/AIDS: case reports.
Meel BL.  
J Clin Forensic Med. 2005 Jun;12(3):149-52.
 Abstract
 
Ethical issues in HIV.
Dhai A, Noble R. 
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2005 Apr;19(2):255-67
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 HIV/AIDS, National Security, and Global Stability
Pates M ,Johnson J 
Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Confronting HIV Discrimination in the Workplace: A Case Study
 Gorenberg H
Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper
Australia/Pacific Islands
           
Australia

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Ethics of organ donation and transplantation involving prisoners: the debate extends beyond our
borders.
Westall GP, Komesaroff P, Gorton MW, Snell GI.  
Intern Med J. 2008 Jan;38(1):56-9.
 Abstract
Europe
           
Multinational

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Ethical difficulties in clinical practice: experiences of European doctors.
Hurst SA, Perrier A, Pegoraro R, et al   
J Med Ethics. 2007 Jan;33(1):51-7.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Policy Makers Ignoring Science Scientists Ignoring Policy: The Medical Ethical Challenges
of Heroin Treatment.
Small DR, Drucker E. H
arm Reduct J.  2006 May 2;3(1):16
Paper
 
Belgium

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prevalence and content of written ethics policies on euthanasia in Catholic healthcare
institutions in Belgium (Flanders).
Gastmans C, Lemiengre J,
van der Wal G, et al  
Health Policy. 2005 Oct 8;
 Abstract
 
Denmark
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Reporting adverse reactions and events in randomised clinical trials.
 Hemmingsen B, Støy L, Wetterslev J,  et al
Ugeskr Laeger. 2010 Aug 30;172(35):2381-2384
 Abstract

France

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Influencing legislative processes and policy development in order to improve research ethics
Fischer H., Fabrice P.
(XVI International AIDS Conference )
 Abstract
 
E37 responsibilities of state, community and private sector on research ethics policy: looking
back on recent CCR5 antagonist trials
Heinis O.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference )
 Abstract
 
Germany
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  End-of-life practices in palliative care: a cross sectional survey of physician members of the
German Society for Palliative Medicine.
Schildmann J, Hoetzel J, Mueller-Busch C, Vollmann J.
Palliat Med. 2010 Sep 6
 Abstract

The Netherlands
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prisons' preparedness for pandemic flu and the ethical issues.
Van't Hoff G, Fedosejeva R, Mihailescu L.
Public Health. 2009 May 29.
 Abstract
 

United Kingdom

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Testing for sexually transmitted infections in a population-based sexual health survey: development of an
acceptable ethical approach.
Field N, Tanton C, Mercer CH, et al
J Med Ethics. 2012 Jan 17.
 Abstract

How ethical is ethical research? Recruiting marginalized, vulnerable groups into health services
research.
Smith LJ.
J Adv Nurs. 2008 Apr;62(2):248-57.
Abstract
 
Health, human rights, and the conduct of clinical research within oppressed populations.
Mills EJ, Singh S. 
Global Health. 2007 Nov 8;3(1):10
Abstract

Ethical issues in social research: difficulties encountered gaining access to children in hospital
for research.
Stalker K, Carpenter J, Connors C, Phillips R. 
Child Care Health Dev. 2004 Jul;30(4):377-83
 Abstract
Latin America/Caribbean
           
Carribean
 
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  'Creating an enabling environment for universal access to care, treatment and support through
regional model policies, guidelines and legislation on HIV related discrimination in the Caribbean
F.A. Hypolite, V. Cenac
(XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 

Argentina
 

  Vulnerability and autonomy: obstacles, resources and learning in people living with HIV/AIDS
and/or Hepatitis C in Argentina
MM Pecheny, HM Manzelli
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Brazil
 
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  'Why should communities be interested in clinical trials?' Results from the Brazilian community
consultation on the 'Good participatory practice guidelines for biomedical HIV prevention trials' -
GPP guidelines, São Paulo, Brazil, 2008
G. Calazans. Beloqui
(XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Barbados

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Knowledge, attitudes and practice of healthcare ethics and law among doctors and nurses
in Barbados.
Hariharan S, Jonnalagadda R, Walrond E, Moseley H.
BMC Med Ethics. 2006 Jun 9;7(1):7
Paper
 
Mexico
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Understanding the structure and practices of research ethics committees through research and audit:
a study from Mexico.
Valdez-Martinez E, Trumbull B, Garduno-Espinosa J, Porter JD.
Health Policy. 2005 Oct;74(1):56-68.
Abstract
 
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Nine years experience from an ethics committee on the national program of AIDS in Mexico
Tavera Lara K.Y., Barrientos H., Magis C.   
 (XVI International AIDS Conference )
 Abstract
Middle East
           
Iran
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Opinions of married women about potential causes and triggers of intimate partner violence against women.
A cross-sectional investigation in an Iranian city.
Hamzeh B, Garousi Farshi M, Laflamme L.  
BMC Public Health. 2008 Jun 12;8(1):209
 Paper
 
Israel

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Organ transplantation using organs taken from executed prisoners in China--a call for the
cessation of Israeli participation in the process.  
 Lavee J.
Lavee J.Harefuah. 2006 Oct;145(10):749-52,
 Abstract
 

Kyrgyzstan   

Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Drug users defend patients' rights in Kyrgyzstan
L. Babenko
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
North America
Canada United States        
Canada
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A critical public-health ethics analysis of Canada's international response to HIV.
Nixon SA, Benatar SR.
Glob Public Health. 2011 Mar 9:1-17.
Abstract

Social justice and social determinants of health: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered,
intersexed, and queer youth in Canada.
Dysart-Gale D.
 J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2010 Feb;23(1):23
Abstract

Research ethics and infection control.
Saginur R. 
Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 15;49(8):1254-8.
 Abstract

Ethics issues for HIV/AIDS researchers in international settings - perspectives from the
Canadian experience.
 Gahagan J, Sweeney E, Worthington C, et al 
Int J Infect Dis. 2008 Sep 29.
Abstract

Ethical issues in research with homeless youths.
 Ensign J, Ammerman S.  
 J Adv Nurs. 2008 May;62(3):365-72.
 Abstract
 
    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
Research ethics issues for HIV/AIDS researchers in international settings – Perspectives from Canadian
Experience
 J. Gahagan  , E. Sweeney  , C. Worthington, et al
XVII International AIDS Conference )
 Abstract

Legislative genocide, HIV/AIDS research ethics and indigenous young people in Canada: lessons from the Cedar
project partnership
 W.M. Christian, V. Thomas, P.M. Spittal
 (XVI International AIDS Conference )
 Abstract

United States

Internet Reports

  FULL-TEXT COMMENTARY
 Yin, Yang, and Tuskegee-Lite: Ethical Concerns Over HIV Testing in ADAP-
 Challenged States
 Nary G
June 24, 2003
 Commentary

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Patient and Clinician Ethical Perspectives on the 2006 Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention HIV Testing Methods.
Merchant RC, Waxman MJ, Maher JG, et al
Public Health Rep. 2012 May;127(3):318-29.
 Paper

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
 Ethical Issues in a Study of Bipolar Disorder and HIV Risk Among African-American Men Who
Have Sex With Men: Case Study in the Ethics of Mental Health Research.
Loue S.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2012 Mar;200(3):236-41.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Perspectives on the ethical concerns and justifications of the 2006 Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention HIV testing recommendations.
Waxman MJ, Merchant RC, Celada MT, Clark MA.
BMC Med Ethics. 2011 Dec 16;12(1):24
 Paper

Research Protections for Diverted Mentally Ill Individuals: Should they be Considered Prisoners?
 Amory Carr W, Amrhein C, Dery R.
Behav Sci Law. 2011 Oct 20.
Abstract

Stigmatization and Public Health Ethics
Courtwright A.
Bioethics. 2011 Jul 29.
 Abstract

Testing Public Health Ethics: Why the CDC's HIV Screening Recommendations May Violate
the Least Infringement Principle.
Pierce MW, Maman S, Groves AK, et al
J Law Med Ethics. 2011 Jun;39(2):263-271
 Abstract

Case Study: An Ethics Case Study of HIV Prevention Research on Facebook: The Just/Us Study.
 Bull SS, Breslin LT, Wright EE, et al
J Pediatr Psychol. 2011 Feb
Abstract

The ethics of HIV testing and disclosure for healthcare professionals: what do our future doctors think?
Aultman JM, Borges NJ.
Med Teach. 2011;33(1):e50-6
 Abstract

Blood donation, deferral, and discrimination: FDA donor deferral policy for men who
 have sex with men.
 Galarneau C.
Am J Bioeth. 2010 Feb;10(2):29-39.
 Abstract

Ethical guidelines in pandemic influenza: recommendations of the ethics
subcommittee of the advisory committee of the director, centers for disease
control and prevention.
Kinlaw K, Barrett DH, Levine RJ.
 Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2009 Dec;3 Suppl 2:S185-92.
 Abstract

An HIV Prevention Protocol Reviewed at 15 National Sites: How do Ethics Committees Protect
Communities?
Deeds BG, Castillo M, Beason Z, et al  
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2008 Jun;3(2):77-86.
 Abstract

The medical-legal quandary of healthcare in capital punishment: an ethical dilemma for the anesthesia provider.
Johnson KW.  
AANA J. 2008 Dec;76(6):417-9.
 Abstract

Ethics in American health 1: ethical approaches to health policy.
Ruger JP. 
Am J Public Health. 2008 Oct;98(10):1751-6.
 Abstract
 
Ethics in American health 2: an ethical framework for health system reform.
Ruger JP. 
Am J Public Health. 2008 Oct;98(10):1756-63
 Abstract
 
Protecting vulnerable subjects in clinical research: children, pregnant women, prisoners, and employees.
 Schwenzer KJ.
 Respir Care. 2008 Oct;53(10):1342-9
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Ethics in American Health 2: An Ethical Framework for Health System Reform.
Ruger JP.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Aug 13.
 Abstract
 
Ethics in American Health 1: Ethical Approaches to Health Policy.
Ruger JP.
Am J Public Health. 2008 Aug 13.
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Simplifying Consent for HIV Testing Is Associated with an Increase in HIV Testing and Case
Detection in Highest Risk Groups,San Francisco January 2003-June 2007.
Zetola NM, Grijalva CG, Gertler S, et al 
PLoS ONE. 2008 Jul 2;3(7):e2591.
 Paper

Ethical issues in research with homeless youths.
 Ensign J, Ammerman S.  
 J Adv Nurs. 2008 May;62(3):365-72.
 Abstract
 
Ethical obligations of physicians participating in public health quarantine and isolation
measures.
Bostick NA, Levine MA, Sade RM.  Public Health Rep. 2008 Jan-Feb;123(1):3-8.
 Abstract
 
Ethics, ideology, and reproductive health policy in the United States.
Kulczycki A.
Stud Fam Plann. 2007 Dec;38(4):333-51.
 Abstract
 
Through the quarantine looking glass: drug-resistant tuberculosis and public health governance,
law, and ethics.
Fidler DP, Gostin LO, Markel H.
 J Law Med Ethics. 2007 Winter;35(4):616-28.
Abstract
 
A critical intersection: human rights, public health nursing, and nursing ethics.
Easley CE, Allen CE.  
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2007 Oct-Dec;30(4):367-82.
 Abstract
 
Health, human rights, and the conduct of clinical research within oppressed populations.
Mills EJ, Singh S. 
Global Health. 2007 Nov 8;3(1):10
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 America's Epidemic: HIV/AIDS and People of Color
Browne-Marshall GH 
Human Rights Magazine Fall 2004
 Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Applying public health strategies to primary immunodeficiency diseases: a potential approach
 to genetic disorders.
Lindegren ML, Kobrynski L, Rasmussen SA, et al 
MMWR Recomm Rep. 2004 Jan 16; 53(RR-1): 1-29.
 Paper
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Legislative Ethics in the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Gostin LO
JTAC January  2004
 PDF Paper
 

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
POSTER
Successful implementation of a research oversight program for using US Department of Veterans
Affairs HIV/HCV clinical data
J.A. Lopez, B. Rossman, R.O. Valdiserri, et al
 (XVIii International AIDS Conference)
PDF Poster     Abstract

Teaching “HIV/AIDS and Ethics” at a catholic university
Keenan J.
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Russia/NIS
           

Russia

    Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Cooperation between ethics committees and PLWHA communities as a mechanism of rights
protection of HIV-positive patients
Smirnov S. 
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

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