Family and community concerns about post-mortem needle biopsies in a Muslim society

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gurley, Emily S ^a   Parveen, Shahana ^a   Islam, M Saiful ^a   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a   Homaira, Nusrat ^a   Sultana, Rebeca ^a   Sejvar, James J ^b   Rahman, Mahmudur ^c   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; diagnosis; informed consent; needle biopsy; outbreak; post mortem

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NIPAH VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; TRUST; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIPAH VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRUST;

EID: 79958258771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-12-10     Document Type: Article

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