"we're checking them out": Indigenous and non-Indigenous research participants' accounts of deciding to be involved in research

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Guillemin, Marilys ^a   Gillam, Lynn ^a   Barnard, Emma ^a   Stewart, Paul ^a   Walker, Hannah ^a   Rosenthal, Doreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous research; Participants' motivations and decision making; Research ethics; Research practice

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EXPLOITATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH METHOD;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POPULATION GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84954454330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0301-4     Document Type: Article

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