by Sonia Shah · The New Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781595582140
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«The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients» is Sonia Shah's investigative essay, published by The New Press in paperback.
Sonia Shah documents how the pharmaceutical industry has moved clinical trials to the poorest countries, where ethical oversight is minimal and untreated patients abound. With fieldwork in Africa and Asia, she denounces the exploitation of vulnerable populations and the dilemma of participating in trials or dying without medicines.
Foreword by John le Carré. Published by The New Press in 2007, with 256 pages and text in English.
For readers interested in medical ethics, human rights, and the global impact of the pharmaceutical industry.
Sonia Shah is an American investigative journalist and author of articles and books on corporate power, global health and human rights.
