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Posted 12/18/2019 by Deborah Stein

Emergency Care Research Ethics in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries

Jon Mark Hirshon, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM, FACPM, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, is among the authors of the article, “Emergency Care Research Ethics in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries” (full text available), published in BMJ Global Health. Their article examines the ethical and regulatory challenges to conducting emergency care research with human participants in low- and middle-income countries, presents potential solutions or frameworks for addressing these challenges, and identifies gaps.