Protocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorMacdonald, Helenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDixon, Justinen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-06T14:13:47Z
dc.date.available2015-10-06T14:13:47Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThere has been a substantial increase in the amount of biomedical research being conducted in resource-poor regions of the world since the 1980s, particularly clinical trials involving human subjects. With a particular focus on public-sector clinical trials, a number of anthropologists have recently conducted important ethnographic research into the ground-level operations of clinical research organisations and the relationships between doctors, co-ordinators, participants and non- participants. It has been argued that formal ethics and the scientific practices they govern obscure a relational and affective dimension of clinical trials, which is both necessary for, and transcends, the requirements of trial protocols. On the basis of ethnographic research with a clinical research organisation in South Africa specialising in trialling tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, I contend the explanatory value of tracing the diseases 'under the microscope' from global public health agendas to ground-level research practices when exploring the relationships between the 'ordered separations' of medical research structures and the relational-affective dimension they obscure. Through a close examination of TB at different levels of scale, I aim to open up more avenues of enquiry into the multifarious factors that shape the important relations that develop between clinical research organisations and those on whom research is conducted.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDixon, J. (2013). <i>Protocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14139en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDixon, Justin. <i>"Protocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14139en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDixon, J. 2013. Protocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dixon, Justin AB - There has been a substantial increase in the amount of biomedical research being conducted in resource-poor regions of the world since the 1980s, particularly clinical trials involving human subjects. With a particular focus on public-sector clinical trials, a number of anthropologists have recently conducted important ethnographic research into the ground-level operations of clinical research organisations and the relationships between doctors, co-ordinators, participants and non- participants. It has been argued that formal ethics and the scientific practices they govern obscure a relational and affective dimension of clinical trials, which is both necessary for, and transcends, the requirements of trial protocols. On the basis of ethnographic research with a clinical research organisation in South Africa specialising in trialling tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, I contend the explanatory value of tracing the diseases 'under the microscope' from global public health agendas to ground-level research practices when exploring the relationships between the 'ordered separations' of medical research structures and the relational-affective dimension they obscure. Through a close examination of TB at different levels of scale, I aim to open up more avenues of enquiry into the multifarious factors that shape the important relations that develop between clinical research organisations and those on whom research is conducted. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Protocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africa TI - Protocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14139 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14139
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDixon J. Protocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Social Anthropology, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14139en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSocial Anthopologyen_ZA
dc.titleProtocol and beyond: experiment and care during a TB vaccine clinical trial in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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