title: Testing therapies less effective than the best current standard: ethical beliefs in an international sample of researchers.
abstract: To test the range of beliefs regarding the ethics of testing, in resource poor settings, new therapies that are less efficacious but more affordable and feasible than the best current therapeutic standard.
authors.affiliation: Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: Makaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mwamburi
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.forename: Tracy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Rabin
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bennish
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D032921:Consensus; D035061:Control Groups; D003625:Data Collection; D003906:Developing Countries; D032984:Ethics, Research; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006805:Human Experimentation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D010919:Placebos; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D010919:Placebos