Evaluation of the quality of informed consent in a vaccine field trial in a developing country setting

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Minnies, Deon ^a   Hawkridge, Tony ^a   Hanekom, Willem ^a   Ehrlich, Rodney ^b   London, Leslie ^b   Hussey, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHICS; EVALUATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149125393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-9-15     Document Type: Article

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