Understanding and retention of the informed consent process among parents in rural northern Ghana

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Oduro, Abraham R ^a   Aborigo, Raymond A ^a   Amugsi, Dickson ^a   Anto, Francis ^a   Anyorigiya, Thomas ^a   Atuguba, Frank ^a   Hodgson, Abraham ^a   Koram, Kwadwo A ^b  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GHANA; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALARIA; MARRIED WOMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARENT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOLUNTEER; ADULT; AGE; ETHICS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 46749108911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-9-12     Document Type: Article

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