Healthy Volunteers in Commercial Clinical Drug Trials When Human Bei
This book provides a richly detailed contribution to the understanding of healthy volunteer experiences in clinical drug trials in the UK. Contemporary society, especially the West, has seen a significant increase in the production and use of pharmaceutic
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When Human Beings Become Guinea Pigs
Shadreck Mwale
Healthy Volunteers in Commercial Clinical Drug Trials
Shadreck Mwale
Healthy Volunteers in Commercial Clinical Drug Trials When Human Beings Become Guinea Pigs
Shadreck Mwale School of Applied Social Sciences University of Brighton Brighton, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-59213-8 ISBN 978-3-319-59214-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-59214-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943647 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © nemesis2207/Fotolia.co.uk Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Acknowledgements
First and foremost, I owe my biggest debt to writing this book to my participants,- who took the time to share their experiences and stories on their journeys as human guinea pigs. You challenged me and opened my eyes to the hidden world of human involvement in clinical trials. THANK YOU very much. Thanks to my colleagues at University of Brighton, Ms. Marylynn Fyvie-Gauld, Dr. Kepa Artaraz, Dr. Mark Erickson, Prof. Phil Haynes, and my mentor Prof. Gillian Bendelow, for your unwavering support and for giving me pause for thought at different stages of putting this book together. I am also grateful to Dr. Sindi Gordon University of Sussex, for her creative writing input, and to Dr. Simon Lewis, for always providing critical feedback on clinical trial processes and practices. Thanks also to my supervisors Dr. Catherine Will and Dr. Alex Faulkner, both at University of Sussex, for your support. I am grateful to all the reviewers, and to the edit
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