Taking social relationships seriously: Lessons learned from the informed consent practices of a vaccine trial on the Kenyan Coast

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 708-720

  Gikonyo, Caroline ^a   Bejon, Philip ^b   Marsh, Vicki ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Developing countries; Informed consent; Kenya; Rumours; Testing understanding; Vaccine trials

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; GUIDELINE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MALARIA; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; MALARIA; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES VACCINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 48949119110     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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