Changing constructions of informed consent: Qualitative research and complex social worlds

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2199-2211

  Miller, Tina ^a   Boulton, Mary ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Feminism; Informed consent; Parenting; Qualitative research; UK

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COMMUNICATION; PARENTAL CARE; RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMINISM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36049043739     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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