Rules of engagement: Perspectives on stakeholder engagement for genomic biobanking research in South Africa

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Staunton, Ciara ^a   Tindana, Paulina ^b   Hendricks, Melany ^a   Moodley, Keymanthri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Ethics; Genomic biobanking research; H3Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOBANK; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT; TRUST;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 85042608343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-018-0252-y     Document Type: Article

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