Tailoring information provision and consent processes to research contexts: The value of rapid assessments

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-52

  Bull, Susan ^a   Farsides, Bobbie ^b   Ayele, Fasil Tekola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Consent; Empirical research; Ethiopia; Research ethics; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; ETHIOPIA; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RESEARCH SUBJECTS;

EID: 84858021039     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2012.7.1.37     Document Type: Article

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