title: Research and the (free and) informed consent.
abstract: The aim of this article was to reflect about the Free and Informed Consent (IC) in qualitative researches in the health field. Coming from the experience of being part of a CER (Committee for Ethic in Research) in the health area the authoresses place in debate some important questions, exploring them and conducting suggestions. One of these questions and topic of analysis is the meaning of IC, as for the participant as for the researcher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05014-901. trcconcone@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Maria Helena Villas Bôas
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Concone
authors.forename: Ceneide Maria De Oliveira
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cerveny
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D036301:Qualitative Research