Evolving Friendships and Shifting Ethical Dilemmas: Fieldworkers' Experiences in a Short Term Community Based Study in Kenya

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Kamuya, Dorcas M ^a   Theobald, Sally J ^c   Munywoki, Patrick K ^a   Koech, Dorothy ^a   Geissler, Wenzel P ^d   Molyneux, Sassy C ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Consent processes; Developing countries; Field workers; Household studies; Research ethics; Social relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFLICT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; TRUST;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KENYA; NEGOTIATING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876093846     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: 14718847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dewb.12009     Document Type: Article

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