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Publication details [#47759]
Penn, Claire and Jennifer Watermeyer. 2008. “They take positive people”: an investigation of communication in the informed consent process of an Hiv/Aids vaccine trial in South Africa. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies 5 (2) : 81–108. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
This study explores communicative success and failure in two recorded informed consent sessions in a South African HIV vaccine trial. It is argued that real informed consent and sound ethical practice require the examining and adapting of communicative practices.