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When research is torture
I’m on a listserve that discusses many mundane issues that IRBs have to grapple with, but this week the listserve was grappling with something altogether more chilling – whether the CIA and medical...
View ArticleThe UN Declares Access to Water and Sanitation a Human Right
Maggie Brown, MS, ELS is Senior Production Editor at PLoS On July 28, the UN General Assembly took an important step on a massive but often unappreciated global problem by declaring access to clean...
View ArticleMaternal mortality, human rights, and accountability
Dr Rhona MacDonald, freelance editor, rhonamacdonald@gmail.com On the bus on the way to the International Roundtable on maternal mortality, human rights, and accountability organised by Professor Paul...
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This Week in PLoS Medicine: Human rights in Darfur; Body size & ovarian...
Image Credit: Jeramey Jannene Three new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, with two Research Articles and a Policy Forum. Alexander Tsai and colleagues review medical records from the Amel...
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This Week in PLOS Medicine: Genetic testing for antidepressants; Human rights...
Image Credit: Karl Herler Two new articles published this week in PLOS Medicine: Testing whether genetic information could inform the selection of the best drug for patients with depression, Rudolf...
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Book Review: When People Come First is a Reality Check for Global Health
Jocalyn Clark reviews a new anthology of case studies in global health by leading scholars in anthropology, history, and human rights that provide richness and depth often missing in traditional...
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This Week in PLOS Medicine: Global Burden of Depression, Syphilis Treatment...
This week PLOS Medicine publishes the following new articles: Image Credit: Christian Guthier, Flickr In their research article, Ferrari and colleagues report the most recent and comprehensive...
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