“I passed the test!” Evidence of diagnostic misconception in the recruitment of population controls for an H3Africa genomic study in Cape Town, South Africa

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Masiye, Francis ^a,b   Mayosi, Bongani ^a   De Vries, Jantina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Diagnostic misconception; Genetic studies; Genomic studies; In depth interviews; Informed consent; Observations; Qualitative study; Therapeutic misconception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013290479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-017-0175-z     Document Type: Article

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