title: Limiting factors impacting on voluntary first person informed consent in the Philippines.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Fatima Alvarez
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: 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