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Overcoming epistemic injustices in the biomedical study of ayahuasca: towards ethical and sustainable regulation

Schenberg EE, Gerber K

Transcultural Psychiatry (2022)

Ethics / policy analysis
Abstract

Argues that biomedical research on ayahuasca has systematically marginalized indigenous knowledge, constituting epistemic injustice. Proposes a regulatory framework centering indigenous rights, biocultural heritage protection, and equitable benefit-sharing alongside clinical evidence.

Citations30
Study TypeEthics / policy analysis
epistemic injusticeindigenous knowledgeregulationethicsbiocultural heritage
DOI: 10.1177/13634615211062962View on PubMed

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