Fragmented understanding: exploring the practice and meaning of informed consent in clinical trials in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The informed consent process in clinical trials has been extensively studied to inform the development processes which protect research participants and encourage their autonomy. However, ensuring a meaningful informed consent process is still of great concern in many research settings due to its complexity in practice and interwined socio-cultural factors.

Objectives

This study explored the practices and meaning of the informed consent process in two clinial trials conducted by Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in collaboration with the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Methods

We used multiple data collection methods including direct observervations, in-depth interviews with study physicians and trial participants, review

SUBMITTER: Nguyen YHT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9843952 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature