I'm positive, but i'm negative: Competing voices in informed consent and implications for HIV vaccine trials

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-156

  Rautenbach, Clinton ^a   Lindegger, Graham ^a   Slack, Catherine ^a   Wallace, Melissa ^b   Newman, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Culture; Decision making; Empirical data; HIV vaccine trials; Informed consent; Mental models; Research ethics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

ADULT; AIDS VACCINES; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84942944486     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1556264615575509     Document Type: Article

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