Getting personal: Ethics and identity in global health research

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-92

  Simon, Christian ^a   Mosavel, Maghboeba ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical mindfulness; Global health research; Research ethics; Researcher identity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH ETHICS; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ROLE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79960839714     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: 14718847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2011.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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