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Ethical issues in research on preventing HIV infection among injecting drug users

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The ethical issues in conducting research on preventing HIV infection are among the most complex of any area of human subjects research. This article is an update of a 1987 article that addressed potential conflicts between research design and ethics with respect to AIDS prevention among injecting drug users. The present article reviews current ethical issues that arise in the design and conduct of HIV/AIDS prevention research focused on injecting drug users.

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  1. Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue & 16th Street, 10003, New York, NY, USA

    Don C. Des Jarlais Ph.D. (Director of Research) & Samuel R. Friedman

  2. School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Paul A. Gaist

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Des Jarlais, D.C., Gaist, P.A. & Friedman, S.R. Ethical issues in research on preventing HIV infection among injecting drug users. Sci Eng Ethics 1, 133–144 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02584069

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