Exploring the ethics of long-term research engagement with communities in low- and middle-income countries

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 252-262

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Krubiner, Carleigh B ^a   Bloom, Gerald ^b   Bhuiya, Abbas ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Institute of Development Studies   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84870943288     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phs012     Document Type: Article

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