More than Tuskegee: Understanding mistrust about research participation

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 879-897

  Scharf, Darcell P ^a   Mathews, Katherine J ^b   Jackson, Pamela ^c   Hofsuemmer, Jonathan ^d   Martin, Emeobong ^e   Edwards, Dorothy ^f  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Integration and Quality for the Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e Congressional Research Service ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Mistrust; Recruitment; Research participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYPHILIS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955979231     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0323     Document Type: Article

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