Assessing the quality of informed consent in a resource-limited setting: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kiguba, Ronald ^a   Kutyabami, Paul ^a   Kiwuwa, Stephen ^a   Katabira, Elly ^a   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARD; UGANDA;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; UGANDA;

EID: 84865084004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-13-21     Document Type: Article

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