Consent for use of personal information for health research: Do people with potentially stigmatizing health conditions and the general public differ in their opinions?

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Willison, Donald J ^a,b   Steeves, Valerie ^c   Charles, Cathy ^a,d   Schwartz, Lisa ^a   Ranford, Jennifer ^a   Agarwal, Gina ^a   Cheng, Ji ^e   Thabane, Lehana ^a,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIVACY; PROFIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NARRATION; OCCUPATIONS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SELECTION BIAS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049109909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-10-10     Document Type: Article

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