Seeking consent to genetic and genomic research in a rural Ghanaian setting: A qualitative study of the MalariaGEN experience

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tindana, Paulina ^a,b   Bull, Susan ^a,c   Amenga Etego, Lucas ^b,c   De Vries, Jantina ^a   Aborigo, Raymond ^b   Koram, Kwadwo ^d   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^c,e   Parker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Consent; Genetic research; Genomic research; Ghana; Qualitative research; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GHANA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALARIA; METAGENOMICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALARIA; METAGENOMICS; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84863102923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-15     Document Type: Article

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