Hancart Petitet Pascale. (2014). Biomedical subjectivities and reproductive assumptions in the CAMELIA clinical trial in Cambodia. Anthropology and Medicine, 21 (2), p. 230-240. ISSN 1364-8470.
Titre du document
Biomedical subjectivities and reproductive assumptions in the CAMELIA clinical trial in Cambodia
Année de publication
2014
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Hancart Petitet Pascale
Source
Anthropology and Medicine, 2014,
21 (2), p. 230-240 ISSN 1364-8470
The inclusion of women in clinical trials has raised a variety of ethical and practical issues in their implementation. In the recent CAMELIA clinical trial in Cambodia, the inclusion criteria included a negative pregnancy test and signature of the consent form confirming commitment to double contraceptive use as patients were given drugs contra-indicated in case of pregnancy. But despite precautions and the requirement stated in the informed consent form, 19 out of 236 enrolled women became pregnant during the trial. The current paper describes the frictions and subjectivities that emerge as new medical technologies travel to resource-poor settings ! and more specifically, how trial researchers, health workers, and research subjects involved in the CAMELIA trial negotiate the injunction to avoid pregnancy while using a teratogenic drug.
Plan de classement
Sociologie et anthropologie de la santé [056SOCSAN]
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Famille, planification de la famille [108DEMOG2]
Descripteurs
SIDA ; MEDICAMENT ; ESSAI CLINIQUE ; FEMME ; GROSSESSE ; CONTRACEPTION ; ETHIQUE ; SYSTEME DE REPRESENTATIONS ; ANTHROPOLOGIE DE LA SANTE ; ANTIRETROVIRAUX ; EFFET SECONDAIRE ; SANTE DE LA REPRODUCTION ; SANTE DE LA REPRODUCTION
