Developing and Testing Informed-Consent Methods in a Study of the Elderly in Mexico

• Main Author: Aguila, Emma (auth)
• Other Authors: Cervera, Maria Dolores (auth), Martinez, Homero (auth), Weidmer, Beverly A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2015
• Subjects: Coping with old age; History of the Americas; Social research & statistics; Sociology; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report documents the process one research team developed to obtain informed consent from those choosing to participate in the research, norms and regulations for conducting research involving human subjects in the United States and Mexico, and how the team developed and tested a culturally sens...