Why Do People Participate in Epidemiological Research?

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 227-237

  Slegers, Claudia ^a,b   Zion, Deborah ^a,c   Glass, Deborah ^a   Kelsall, Helen ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^d,e   Brown, Ngiare ^f,g   Loff, Bebe ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RDNS Institute   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic research design; Informed consent; Motivation; Patient participation; Public opinion; Research subjects psychology

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PRIVACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PRIVACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 84930091030     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-015-9611-2     Document Type: Article

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