Blurring Lines: Complexities of Ethical Challenges in the Conduct of West African Ebola Research | NLM

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Blurring Lines: Complexities of Ethical Challenges in the Conduct of West African Ebola Research

10/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA). Published: 10/2019. This 27-page review identifies ethical challenges in the scholarly literature pertaining to the conduct of research during the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak. Its aim was to catalogue anticipated and unexpected ethical challenges faced by research teams in the course of planning and implementing studies during this public health emergency, with the goals of producing a concise record of those that can inform preparedness for research in future similar events. (PDF)