Why do individuals agree to enrol in clinical trials? A qualitative study of health research participation in Blantyre, Malawi

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Mfutso Bengo, Joseph ^a   Ndebele, Paul ^a   Jumbe, Vincent ^a   Mkunthi, Matilda ^a   Masiye, Francis ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^b   Molyneux, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Kemri Wellcome Trust Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAWI; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67649826202     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/mmj.v20i2.10898     Document Type: Article

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