Limiting factors impacting on voluntary first person informed consent in the Philippines.
How well can institutional guidelines help ensure the dignity, rights, safety and well being of research participants in an underdeveloped country? In this paper I describe the limits of informed consent as an instrument for the protection of participants in the context of the Philippines. I bring to this paper my experiences as an advocate of rights, a member of an ethics review board, a researcher on the ethics of research and as an observer of the dynamics of clinical practice in an academic public teaching hospital of the University of the Philippines where I am professor.
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Fatima Alvarez
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University of the Philippines, The Philippine Health Social Science Association, Rm. 318 Asian Social Institute, 1518 L. Guinto, cor. Escoda Sts. Ermita, Metro Manila 1000 Philippines. marapara@mydestiny.net
D003068:Coercion; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics*; D010679:Philippines; D010819:Physician's Role; D011203:Poverty; D035842:Research Subjects; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations