"It's all about trust": reflections of researchers on the complexity and controversy surrounding biobanking in South Africa

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Moodley, Keymanthri ^a   Singh, Shenuka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biobanking; Researchers; South Africa; Trust

Indexed keywords

BIOBANK; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LAW; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; SCIENTIST; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THINKING; TRUST; ATTITUDE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRUST;

EID: 84991377764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-016-0140-2     Document Type: Article

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