Perceptions of consent, permission structures and approaches to the community: A rapid ethical assessment performed in North West Cameroon

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kengne Ouafo, Jonas A ^a,b   Nji, Theobald M ^a,b   Tantoh, William F ^a   Nyoh, Doris N ^c   Tendongfor, Nicholas ^a,b   Enyong, Peter A ^a,b   Newport, Melanie J ^d   Davey, Gail ^d   Wanji, Samuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b Research Foundation in Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; COMPREHENSION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907966740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1026     Document Type: Article

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