Okukkera Ng'omuzungu (lost in translation): Understanding the social value of global health research for HIV/AIDS research participants in Uganda

Global Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-180

  Stewart, K ^a   Sewankambo, N ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Global health research ethics; HIV AIDS; Risk and consent; Social value; Therapeutic misconception; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY; UGANDA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77951040903     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690903510658     Document Type: Article

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