'Even if they ask you to stand by a tree all day, you will have to do it (laughter)...!': Community voices on the notion and practice of informed consent for biomedical research in developing countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 443-454

  Molyneux, C S ^a,b   Wassenaar, D R ^c   Peshu, N ^a   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community participation; Developing countries; Informed consent; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MEDICINE; RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; STANDING; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREE; VOICE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS; KENYA; MALE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18944388901     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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