Access to experimental drugs in terminal illness : ethical issues

Udo Schüklenk
New York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, 1998

ISBN: 0789005638

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Book description
Access to Experimental Drugs in Terminal Illness: Ethical Issues assists you in gaining a better understanding of the changes to the drug testing and drug approval process political AIDS activism has achieved. In many ways, AIDS is a paradigmatic case for how people with terminal illnesses can make a difference to drug testing and drug approval. Specifically, you'll read about the importance of respecting the autonomy of terminally ill people who request to be given access to experimental drugs. The author gathers support for this view from a wide range of classical and contemporary moral philosophers. He also discusses the practical implications of his ethical analysis of the current regulations for drug approval and drug testing.

About the author
Udo Schuklenk, PhD, is Lecturer at the Monash University Centre for Human Bioethics in Melbourne, Australia.

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