Developing Ethical Practices for Public Health Research Data Sharing in South Africa: The Views and Experiences from a Diverse Sample of Research Stakeholders

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 290-301

  Denny, Spencer G ^a   Silaigwana, Blessing ^a   Wassenaar, Douglas ^a   Bull, Susan ^b   Parker, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

data curation; data sharing; public funded research; public health; research ethics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947811504     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1556264615592386     Document Type: Article

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