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Trust and informed consent: insights from community members on the Kenyan coast.

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Trust is an important theme running through the literature on the ethics of biomedical research, but it is rarely given centre stage. In this paper, we present data gathered from a study aimed at exploring community views regarding the informed consent processes carried out by a large research centre on the Kenyan Coast. The findings point to the centrality of trust and elements of mistrust in general community views, in parents' (mis)understanding of studies they consent their children to be...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
Journal:
Social science and medicine (1982)
Volume:
61
Issue:
7
Pages:
1463-1473
Publication date:
2005-10-01
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EISSN:
1873-5347
ISSN:
0277-9536
Language:
English
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pubs:33161
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uuid:3f153c76-1e2e-491b-801b-862e7ecc9a78
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pubs:33161
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33161
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2012-12-19

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