HIV PREVENTION RESEARCH AMONG SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL LATINAS: AN EXAMINATION OF ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE CONTEXT OF GENDER AND CULTURE

We examine the interplay between ethical issues, gender, and culture in the context of our study which examines the context of HIV risk among Puerto Rican and Mexican women with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Culture and gender are considered in the evaluation of ethical ques...

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Main Author: Loue,Sana
Language:English
Published: Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2007
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2007000100009
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Summary:We examine the interplay between ethical issues, gender, and culture in the context of our study which examines the context of HIV risk among Puerto Rican and Mexican women with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Culture and gender are considered in the evaluation of ethical questions related to scientific issues, research team issues, analysis of risks and benefits of participating, confidentiality of data and privacy of the study participants, selection and recruitment, informed consent and decisional capacity, incentives, institutional and peer review matters, data presentation, and community needs. Ethical obligations to research participants and the relevant community are discussed