title: The Ethics of Globalizing Bioethics.
abstract: In the last decade, there have been efforts to globalize the field of bioethics, particularly in developing countries, where biomedical and other research is increasingly taking place. We describe and evaluate some key ethical criticisms directed towards these initiatives, and argue that while they may be marked by ethical, practical, and political tensions and pitfalls, they can nevertheless play an important role in stimulating critical bioethics culture in countries vulnerable to exploitation by foreign agencies and/or their own authorities.
authors: Department of Social Medicine & Center for Bioethics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
authors: Stuart
authors: S
authors: Rennie
authors: Centre Interdisciplinaire de Bioethique pour l'Afrique Francophone (CIBAF), Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
authors: Bavon
authors: B
authors: Mupenda
keywords: bioethics; capacity building; colonialism; developing countries; neo-colonialism; research ethics
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