| Clinical Trials and the African Person: A Quest to Re-Conceptualize Responsibility Contributor(s): Iyioke, Ike (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004366601 ISBN-13: 9789004366602 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Series: Value Inquiry Book Series / African American Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" (0.50 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Clinical Trials and the African Person aims to position the African notion of the self/person within the clinical trials context. As opposed to autonomy-based principlism, this other-regarding/communalist perspective is the preferred alternative model. This tactic draws further attention to the inadequacy of the principlist approach particularly in multicultural settings. It also engenders a rethink, stimulates interest, and re-assesses the failed assumptions of universal ethical principles. As a novel attempt that runs against much of the prevailing (Euro-American) intellectual mood, this approach strives to introduce the African viewpoint by making explicit the import of the self in a re-contextualized arena, meaning within the community and a given milieu. Thus, research ethics must go beyond autonomy-based considerations for the individual, to rightly embed him/her within his/her community and the environment. |