Post-consent assessment of dental subjects' understanding of informed consent in oral health research in Nigeria

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Taiwo, Olaniyi O ^a   Kass, Nancy ^b  

^a Intercountry Centre for Oral Health (ICOH) for Africa   (Nigeria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NIGERIA; POVERTY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; REWARD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPREHENSION; DENTAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ORAL HEALTH; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 68949214592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-10-11     Document Type: Article

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