Understanding of research: A Sri Lankan perspective

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sumathipala, Athula ^a,b   Siribaddana, Sisira ^a   Hewage, Suwin ^a   Lekamwattage, Manura ^a   Athukorale, Manjula ^a   Siriwardhana, Chesmal ^a,b   Munasinghe, Kumudu ^a   Sumathipala, Kethakie ^b   Murray, Joanna ^b   Prince, Martin ^b  

^a Institute for Research and Development Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SAMPLING STUDIES; SRI LANKA;

EID: 77951211600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-11-7     Document Type: Article

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