The Professional Guinea Pig

Author: Roberto Abadie
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0822348233

The Professional Guinea Pig: Big Pharma and the Risky World of Human Subjects

The Professional Guinea Pig documents the emergence of the professional research subject in Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development. Until the mid-1970s Phase I trials were conducted on prisoners. After that practice was outlawed, the pharmaceutical industry needed a replacement population and began to aggressively recruit healthy, paid subjects, some of whom came to depend on the income, earning their living by continuously taking part in these trials. Drawing on ethnographic research among self-identified "professional guinea pigs" in Philadelphia, Roberto Abadie examines their experiences and views on the conduct of the trials and the risks they assume by participating. Some of the research subjects he m The Professional Guinea Pig : Paperback : Duke University Press : 9780822348238 : 0822348233 : 23 Sep 2010 : An ethnography focused on "professional guinea pigs," healthy, paid research subjects who earn their living by participating in multiple clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development Read medical textbooks online like The Professional Guinea Pig here

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The Professional Guinea Pig documents the emergence of the professional research subject in Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development. Until the mid-1970s Phase I trials were conducted on prisoners. After that practice was outlawed, the pharmaceutical industry needed a replacement population and began to aggressively recruit healthy, paid subjects, some of whom came to depend on the income, earning their living by continuously taking part in these trials. Drawing on ethnographic research among self-identified ldquo;professional guinea pigsrdquo; in Philadelphia, Robert

The Professional Guinea Pig documents the emergence of the professional research subject in Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development. Until the mid-1970s Phase I trials were conducted on prisoners. After that practice was outlawed, the pharmaceutical industry needed a replacement population and began to aggressively recruit healthy, paid subjects, some of whom came to depend on the income, earning their living by continuously taking part in these trials. Drawing on ethnographic research among self-identified professional guinea pigs in Philadelphia, Roberto Abadie exa

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