'He is now like a brother, I can even give him some blood' - Relational ethics and material exchanges in a malaria vaccine 'trial community' in The Gambia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 696-707

  Geissler, P Wenzel ^a   Kelly, Ann ^a   Imoukhuede, Babatunde ^b   Pool, Robert ^a,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b European Malaria Vaccine Initiative ^*  (Gambia)

^c Barcelona Graduate School of Economics   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Benefits; Ethnography; Malaria; Research ethics; The Gambia; Vaccinations

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; MALARIA; MORALITY; RESEARCH; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY LIFE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALARIA; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

AFRICA; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 47649097921     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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