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...uniquely troubling aspect of these trials is that many of the subjects in Africa, and elsewhere in the Third World, are unfamiliar with the ways of Western medicine and may not fully comprehend the risks of participating. Explains Dr. David Heymann, chief of the research office at the WHO Global Program on AIDS: "It is vital that African volunteers understand that they are getting an experimental product that might not work." Without such "informed consent," doctors cannot in good conscience carry out their research, and may face charges that they are using people as guinea pigs. "The problem," concluded...
...defense attorney (the excellent Rip Torn) is distracted and dispassionate -- he obviously thinks Daniel could use more time in the minors -- while his prosecutor (the equally fine Lee Grant) is ferociously well prepared. Both, as it turns out, reckon without the reformative powers of true love, and don't comprehend Daniel's capacity to die and learn...
...undergoing medical procedures. I see it in the small print of insurance policies or on the backs of airline tickets. I struggle over it in tax forms or information from government agencies. I agonize over it in the instructions that come with do-it-yourself kits. I strain to comprehend it when I stop to ask directions, or when I hear a sports announcer explain why an outfielder played a single into a triple or why a wide receiver ran the wrong route...
Student groups here often rely on an array of labels to describe themselves that is sometimes bewildering. Outsiders often find the distinctions between words difficult to comprehend, but within these groups, emotions over names still runs high...
...members of a highly intellectual community and also members of two nations in conflict, we must take advantage of this opportunity of living together in a peaceful and stable setting. We must work together on issues related to the Middle East and try to understand and comprehend each other's opinions with an open mind...