Malicious whites, greedy women, and virtuous volunteers: negotiating social relations through clinical trial narratives in South Africa.
Med Anthropol Q
; 27(1): 103-20, 2013 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23674325
ABSTRACT
As clinical trial research increasingly permeates sub-Saharan Africa, tales of purposeful HIV infection, blood theft, and other harmful outcomes are widely reported by participants and community members. Examining responses to the Microbicide Development Programme 301-a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled microbicide trial-we investigate the ways in which these accounts embed medical research within postcolonial contexts. We explore three popular narratives circulating around the Johannesburg trial site malicious whites killing participants and selling their blood, greedy women enrolling in the trial solely for financial gain, and virtuous volunteers attempting to ensure their health and aid others through trial participation. We argue that trial participants and community members transform medical research into a meaningful tool that alternately affirms, debates, and challenges contemporary social relations.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Voluntários
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Infecções por HIV
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Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article