The informed consent process in a rural African setting: A case study of the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana

IRB Ethics and Human Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Tindana, Paulina Onvomaha ^a,b,c   Kass, Nancy ^b   Akweongo, Patricia ^a  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RURAL POPULATION; TRUST;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMPREHENSION; CONSENT FORMS; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; GHANA; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RURAL POPULATION; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; TRANSLATING; TRUST;

EID: 33745125701     PISSN: 01937758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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