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The ethics of good communication in a complex research partnership.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20675944     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The tripartite partnership among Morehouse School of Medicine, Tuskegee University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham is complex. In 2005, the three schools--with different institutional cultures, characters, and resources--agreed to collaborate in efforts to eliminate racial/ethnic disparities in cancer burdens. Pursuing this laudable aim predictably involved some miscommunication. The Bioethics Shared Resource (BSR) group foresaw such challenges and monitored interactions to prevent harm, noting that while effective communication is critical to the achievement of mutual goals, an understanding and prudent use of proven communication principles is a sine qua non for success. In this commentary, we share the undergirding moral concepts, communication approaches, and lessons learned. This experience has led us to propose an ethics of good communication for others to consider.
Authors:
Stephen Sodeke; Timothy Turner; Will Tarver
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved     Volume:  21     ISSN:  1548-6869     ISO Abbreviation:  J Health Care Poor Underserved     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-02     Completed Date:  2010-09-13     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9103800     Medline TA:  J Health Care Poor Underserved     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  35-45     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA. sodeke@tuskegee.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alabama
Communication*
Cooperative Behavior*
Ethics, Research*
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations*
Morals
Neoplasms / ethnology,  prevention & control
Schools, Medical
Universities
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P76/CCP424229//PHS HHS; U54 CA118948/CA/NCI NIH HHS

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