Bibliograph

The professional guinea pig, Big Pharma and the risky world of human subjects, Roberto Abadie

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The professional guinea pig, Big Pharma and the risky world of human subjects, Roberto Abadie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The professional guinea pig

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

503827690

Responsibility statement

Roberto Abadie

Sub title

Big Pharma and the risky world of human subjects

Table Of Contents

Introduction : a guinea pig's wage: risk, body commodification, and the ethics of pharmaceutical research in America -- Guinea-pigging : the in/formal economy of phase I clinical trials in Philadelphia -- Market recruitment, identity, and resistance among professional guinea pigs -- Local knowledge and risk management among professional guinea pigs -- Big Pharma and HIV clinical trials: a case study -- Strategies of survival : HIV clinical trials and the fight for their lives -- From prisoners to professionals : a brief history of the clinical-trial enterprise -- Ethics and the exploitation of the poor in clinical trials research -- Conclusion : living in/off the mild torture economy as trial subjects -- Epilogue : following up : Robert Helms, Frank Little, Dave Onion, and Spam one last time

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