“Whenever they cry, I cry with them”: Reciprocal relationships and the role of ethics in a verbal autopsy study in Papua New Guinea: Dedication: This paper is dedicated to the life and memory of our colleague Mr. Albert Sie.

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-9

  Gouda, H N ^a   Kelly Hanku, A ^b,c   Wilson, L ^a   Maraga, S ^c   Riley, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Everyday ethics; Mortality surveillance; Papua New Guinea; Reciprocity and exchange; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MEMORY; MORTALITY; RECIPROCITY;

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEMORY; MORTALITY; MOURNING; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; BEREAVEMENT; CATHARSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CATHARSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84976892908     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.041     Document Type: Article

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