"When they see us, it's like they have seen the benefits!": Experiences of study benefits negotiations in community-based studies on the Kenyan Coast

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kamuya, Dorcas M ^a,b   Marsh, Vicki ^a,b   Njuguna, Patricia ^b   Munywoki, Patrick ^b   Parker, Michael ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Benefit sharing; Developing countries; Ethical dilemmas; Fieldworkers; Humanitarian aid; Research ethics; Social science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MALE; MORALITY; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; POVERTY; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; TRENDS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; BENEFICENCE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NEGOTIATING; POVERTY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84926663972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-90     Document Type: Article

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