AEGiS-APPJ: Forum on Prisoners' Access to Clinical Trials: Summary of Recommendations

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Forum on Prisoners' Access to Clinical Trials: Summary of Recommendations

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 11, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 3-20
G.L. Stein and L.D. Headley

Many prisoners with HIV are eager to obtain investigational drugs through clinical participation in research. Although some prisoners with HIV have been allowed to participate in clinical studies, most are denied the potential benefits of promising new treatment approaches, mostly because of policies developed in reaction to centuries of abuse of prisoners. The premise of these recommendations is that policies should be developed to allow prisoners to enroll in promising experimental care, yet assure that their interests as a vulnerable population are adequately protected. To accomplish these goals, clinical investigators, prison officials, and healthcare providers should be willing and able to collaborate.
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