Why mothers choose to enrol their children in malaria clinical studies and the involvement of relatives in decision making: Evidence from Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 50-56

  Masiye, Francis ^a   Kass, Nancy ^b   Hyder, Adnan ^b   Ndebele, Paul ^a   Mfutso Bengo, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALAWI; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALAWI; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; PARENTAL CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67649779219     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v20i2.10957     Document Type: Article

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