Ethical Challenges that Arise at the Community Interface of Health Research: Village Reporters' Experiences in Western Kenya

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-37

  Chantler, Tracey ^a   Otewa, Faith ^b   Onyango, Peter ^c   Okoth, Ben ^d   Odhiambo, Frank ^c   Parker, Michael ^e   Geissler, Paul Wenzel ^f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Eastern Africa   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Centre at the University of Oxford ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Clinical trials; Community engagement; Developing world bioethics; Empirical ethics; Relational ethics; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; NEGOTIATING; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84875772919     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: 14718847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dewb.12023     Document Type: Article

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