Exploitation and community engagement: Can community advisory boards successfully assume a role minimising exploitation in international research?

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-26

  Pratt, Bridget ^a   Lwin, Khin Maung ^b   Zion, Deborah ^c   Nosten, Francois ^b   Loff, Bebe ^c   Cheah, Phaik Yeong ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Community advisory boards; Community engagement; Exploitation; International research

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; MYANMAR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARDS; THAILAND; TRENDS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; MYANMAR; THAILAND;

EID: 84923997227     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: 14718847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dewb.12031     Document Type: Article

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