This article points out that lack of access to the fruits of modern medicine and the science that informs it is an important and neglected topic in bioethics and medical ethics. Drawing on experiences with infectious diseases in some of the world's poorest communities, the authors explore the main imperatives of bioethics and medical ethics. AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are now the three most common infectious killers of adults worldwide. As each disease can be treated with therapies already available, lack of access to medical care is widely perceived as an ethical and moral dilemma in areas heavily burdened by disease. In settings where research is being conducted on these diseases but little in the way of treatment, there is much talk of first-world diagnostics and third-world therapies. The re-socialisation of medical ethics requires consideration of the poorest.
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