Medical Injury Compensation Complications in New HIV Prevention Technologies in Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5178262
AutoresCalvin Gwandure (University of the Witwatersrand), Thokozile Mayekiso (Nelson Mandela University)
Ano2013
Volume42
Fascículo2
Páginas95-101
Data de publicação2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608
EditoraKamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/09709274.2013.11906583
OpenAlexW2182208350
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas8

The study investigated complications associated with medical injury compensation in New HIV Prevention Technologies in Africa. The study looked at possibilities of liability in HIV infection during clinical trials and the legal resources that could be used in seeking medical injury compensation in resource poor communities in Africa. A survey of literature on medical injury compensation was used to highlight possibilities and complications associated with medical inj ury compensation in developing countries. An analysis of research findings on medical injury compensation indicated that it would be difficult for people who get infected with HIV in clinical trials to successfully sue international organisations that sponsor New HIV Prevention Technologies in Africa. It is suggested in this study that African governments could use the no-fault approach in settling medical injury compensation claims in New HIV Prevention Technologies clinical trials

Clinical trial · Family medicine · Health care · Health technology · Needlestick injury · Pathology · Political science · Human Rights and Development · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Medicine · Psychology