Evidence, ethos, and experiment the anthropology and history of medical research in Africa

• Main Author: Geissler, Wenzel (auth)
• Other Authors: Molyneux, Catherine (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berghahn Books 2011
• Subjects: Anthropology; Medical sociology; history, 20th century; biomedical research/history; africa; cross-cultural comparison; human experimentation/history; ethics, research/history
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. At present, study populations in Africa participate in an increasing number of medical research projects and clinical tr...