Research and the (free and) informed consent.
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.
Concone
Maria Helena Villas Bôas
MH
Department of Anthropology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05014-901. trcconcone@yahoo.com.br
Cerveny
Ceneide Maria De Oliveira
CM
D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D036301:Qualitative Research