Balancing Indigenous Principles and Institutional Research Guidelines for Informed Consent: A Case Study from the Peruvian Amazon

AJOB Primary Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 53-68

  Sherman, Mya ^a   Berrang Ford, Lea ^a   Ford, James ^a   Lardeau, Marie Pierre ^a   Hofmeijer, Irene ^b   Cortijo, Carol Zavaleta ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazonia; ethics; ethics committees; IHACC; indigenous; informed consent; Peru; research; research subjects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868710208     PISSN: 21507716     EISSN: 21507724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507716.2012.714838     Document Type: Article

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