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A S De Groot1, J Bick, D Thomas
1TB/HIV Research Laboratory, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
Abstract:
The right of incarcerated prison and jail inmates to health care is protected by the 8th and the 14th amendments of the Constitution, respectively. Does the right to health care include access to clinical trials? At the time of this writing, clinical trials have become part of the fabric of HIV/AIDS care, allowing patients to participate in studies of new and often lifesaving treatments. Participation in trials can also be dangerous, as illustrated by the recent death of a subject in a gene therapy trial. This danger is compounded by ethical dilemmas that can arise from the large amount of financial support for clinical trials (greater than 75%) that is derived from for-profit corporations. Indeed, clinical trials are the subject of grave concern on the part of the United States Government, which has recently taken steps to shore up human subject safeguards. Following a conference on the conduct of clinical trials in correctional settings, the Office for Human Research Protections suspended prison research conducted by 4 prestigious academic institutions.
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