Engaging diverse social and cultural worlds: Perspectives on benefits in international clinical research from south african communities

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-17

  Zvonareva, Olga ^a   Engel, Nora ^a   Ross, Eleanor ^b   Berghmans, Ron ^a   Dhai, Ames ^c   Krumeich, Anja ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Bioethics; Clinical trials; Culture; Local perspectives; South africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84924017702     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: 14718847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dewb.12030     Document Type: Article

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