Working with Community Health Workers as 'Volunteers' in a Vaccine Trial: Practical and Ethical Experiences and Implications

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-47

  Angwenyi, Vibian ^a   Kamuya, Dorcas ^a   Mwachiro, Dorothy ^b   Marsh, Vicki ^c   Njuguna, Patricia ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Developing world bioethics; Informed consent; Research ethics; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EMPLOYMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; KENYA; MOTIVATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STANDARD; VACCINATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MOTIVATION; NARRATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; VACCINATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84875787121     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: 14718847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dewb.12015     Document Type: Article

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