How participatory is parental consent in low literacy rural settings in low income countries? Lessons learned from a community based study of infants in South India

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A requisite for ethical human subjects research is that participation should be informed and voluntary. Participation during the informed consent process by way of asking questions is an indicator of the extent to which consent is in...

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Main Authors: Grewal Harleen MS, Bennett Sean, Geiter Lawrence, Jesuraj Nelson, Rajaraman Divya, Vaz Mario
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Ethics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/12/3