The Challenge of Discharging Research Ethics Duties in Resource-Constrained Settings

Jerome Amir Singh

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000421

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The Challenge of Discharging Research Ethics Duties in Resource-Constrained Settings

Jerome Amir Singh

* E-mail: singhj9@ukzn.ac.za

Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Joint Centre for Bioethics, and McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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The Challenge of Discharging Research Ethics Duties in Resource-Constrained Settings

Jerome Amir Singh

Published: March 15, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000421

About the Authors

Jerome Amir Singh

* E-mail: singhj9@ukzn.ac.za

Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Joint Centre for Bioethics, and McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JAS. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: JAS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: JAS.

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