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House ablaze: a case study of marital conflict in rural Sri Lanka (2021)
Journal Article
Udalagama, T. (2021). House ablaze: a case study of marital conflict in rural Sri Lanka. Contemporary South Asia, 29(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2021.1995849

Marriage and family are central aspects of life for women in Sri Lanka. The failure to marry or the absence of a family is considered a ‘lack’ in a woman’s life. As a result, we have come to notice how women put up with domestic violence and protect... Read More about House ablaze: a case study of marital conflict in rural Sri Lanka.

Pharmaceuticalisation and ethical review in South Asia: Issues of scope and authority for practitioners and policy makers (2014)
Journal Article
Simpson, B., Khatri, R., Ravindran, D., & Udalagama, T. (2015). Pharmaceuticalisation and ethical review in South Asia: Issues of scope and authority for practitioners and policy makers. Social Science & Medicine, 131, 247-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.03.016

Ethical review by expert committee continues to be the first line of defence when it comes to protecting human subjects recruited into clinical trials. Drawing on a large scale study of biomedical experimentation across South Asia, and specifically o... Read More about Pharmaceuticalisation and ethical review in South Asia: Issues of scope and authority for practitioners and policy makers.