Defining the "community" in community consultation for emergency research: Findings from the community VOICES study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1379-1392

  Ragin, Deborah Fish ^a   Ricci, Edmund ^b   Rhodes, Rosamond ^c   Holohan, Jennifer ^d   Smirnoff, Margaret ^c   Richardson, Lynne D ^c  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community consultation; Defining community; Emergency medicine research; Research without informed consent; USA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNITED STATES;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949141876     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.022     Document Type: Article

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