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Before the FDA's ban in 1980, medical studies were often conducted on prisoners. When the FDA finally concluded the obvious, that this practice was heinously unethical, pharmaceutical companies and researchers had to develop a new strategy to elicit the necessary human test subjects. Money is the logical incentive. We're very pleased to welcome medical anthropologist, Roberto Abadie, to discuss his new ethnography The Professional Guinea Pig: Big Pharma and the Risky World of Human Subjects. In groundbreaking exploration, Abadie analyzes those who have developed something of a career out of participating in clinical trials. His study participants may look remarkably familiar, as he focuses largely on a group of self-identified anarchists, in Philadelphia, who use the studies to fund their various activist lifestyles. His ethnography is a detailed probe into the clinical trials industry. From his investigations, one among many important questions is raised: do financial incentives automatically discredit the idea of ethical informed consent? We hope you will join us in this fascinating discussion that will elaborate on a wide range of topics from science to ethics to labor rights. What more could you look for on a Monday night? Roberto Abadie is a visiting scholar with the Health Sciences Doctoral Programs at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. http://theprofessionalguineapig.com/ http://chronicle.com/article/Inside-the-Risky-World-of/66225/ http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee303 http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/920 http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,597312905001_2017706,00.html

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