L’universalité des normes éthiques en recherche biomédicale sur sujets humains et leur application aux pays en développement
With a growing number of new human diseases being discovered, along with existing or novel treatments being explored for their cure, researchers are more than ever seeking to extend their biomedical trials on human subjects.  Research with human models is a crucial step for the proper understanding of diseases and therefore advancing the science and technology required to eventually eradicate global diseases such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causing acquired immune deficient syndrome (AIDS).  At present, these important studies are conducted across the world, but more specifically, in developing countries with more vulnerable populations.  This very practice has caused many stakeholders to reconsider certain ethical aspects of human studies. In this thesis, an examination of the various ethical norms for tests on human subjects will be presented in order to understand how they account for the characteristics of populations in developing countries.  This will provide the framework for a case study analyzing three philosophical approaches to biomedical research on human subjects.  Finally, a critical review of the field’s literature leads to the imperative conclusion of strengthening universal norms surrounding ethical biomedical research involving humans, specifically as vulnerable populations in developing countries are becoming more frequenctly the subjects.
Biomedical research on human subjects Universel ethics Developing countries HIV/AIDS Universalism Utilitarianism Communautarianism