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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants

From: South African traditional values and beliefs regarding informed consent and limitations of the principle of respect for autonomy in African communities: a cross-cultural qualitative study

  Age (years) Race Gender Field
Participant 1 64 White Female Clinical Research Laboratory
Participant 2 38 Indian Female Clinical Trials
Participant 3 72 Indian Female Pediatric Nephrology
Participant 4 53 African Female Chair BREC
Participant 5 46 African Female Medical Technologist in Clinical Pathology
Participant 6 39 African Male Gynaecologist
Participant 7 57 White Male Medical Researcher
Participant 8 56 African Male Medical ethics, informed consent, and Traditional Medicine
Participant 9 37 African Male General Practitioner
Participant 10 65 White Male Bioethics Committee
Participant 11 34 Coloureda Male Medical Law
Participant 12 74 White Male Medical Law
  1. aThe term ‘Coloured/s’ is a non-derogatory term used to describe a multiracial ethnic group native to Southern Africa, with ancestry from more than one of the various populations inhabiting the region, including Khoisan, Bantu, White, Austronesian, East Asian, or South Asian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloureds [62]