ChapterEthical issues in global mental health trials Sumathipala, A., & Fernando, B. June 2014. G. Thornicroft & V. Patel (Eds.), Global mental health trials (pp. 123-138). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-968046-7 doi: 10.1093/med/9780199680467.003.0008 Abstract The aim of this chapter is to examine crucial ethical issues related to conducting RCTs that evaluate innovative packages of care…
ChapterResearch infrastructure Sumathipala, A. 2014. S. Okpaku (Eds.), Essentials of global mental health (pp. 407-415). Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1-139-13634-1 doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139136341.046 Excerpt Despite infrastructure being widely cited as a core component of research capacity building, it has been restricted to a narrow category of physical or administrative inputs. The terms research infrastructure, capacity, and…
ChapterWhen Relief Comes from a Different Culture: Sri Lanka’s Experience of the Asian Tsunami Sumathipala, A. 2014. D.P. O’Mathúna, B. Gordijn & M. Clarke (Eds.), Disaster bioethics: Normative issues when nothing is normal (pp. 65-76). Springer. ISBN: 978-94-007-3864-5 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3864-5_5 Abstract Many disasters involve international assistance and bring together different cultures that might otherwise have…