AO: Funding, time constraints
AO: “Deciding on rules of engagement or drawing up memoranda of understanding is a critical process in research collaboration, and one that may need to be revisited and renegotiated over time” (151)
AO: The analysts argue for deliberation – for individuals and groups to develop an ability to express and confront overarching conditions and contradictions, to negotiate agreements about direction and purpose, to seek allies and identify obstacles, and to be open to disagreement and failure. Such debate has no easy solutions but encompasses multiple perspectives.
AO: The analysts note the following key ideas emerging from the work:
Ethics happen in practice;
Ethical situations involve a diversity of actors and areas;
Research ethics cannot be separated from the economic context of global research; and
There are blind spots and ‘public secrets’ in transnational medical research (231).
AO: In intro: Global North (former European colonial powers and their North American successors) and global South (formerly colonized world). The analysts note interestingly that increasingly inequality is in fact appearing between a global middle class and the vast majority rather than between countries (234).
AO: Research ethics: not about doing what is right vs coming to grips with what is wrong (232)