Cultural imperatives and the ethics of verbal autopsies in rural Ghana

• Main Authors: Raymond A. Aborigo (Author), Pascale Allotey (Author), Paulina Tindana (Author), Daniel Azongo (Author), Cornelius Debpuur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Due to a paucity of statistics from vital registration systems in developing countries, the verbal autopsy (VA) approach has been used to obtain cause-specific mortality data by interviewing lay respondents on the signs and symptoms experienced by the deceased prior to death. In societie...