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Ethics in qualitative research : controversies and contexts / Martyn Hammersley and Anna Traianou.
LIBRA H61 .H36 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hammersley, Martyn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qualitative research--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Qualitative research.
- Social sciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Methodology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social sciences--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage, 2012.
- Summary:
- All social researchers need to think about ethical issues. Their salience has recently been increased by the pressures of ethical regulation, particularly in the case of qualitative research. But what are ethical issues? And how should they be approached? These are not matters about which there is agreement. Ethics in Qualitative Research explores conflicting philosophical assumptions, the diverse social contexts in which ethical problems arise, and the complexities of handling them in practice.
- The authors argue that the starting point for any discussion of research ethics must be the values intrinsic to research, above all the commitment to knowledge-production. However, the pursuit of inquiry is rightly constrained by external values, and the book focuses on three of these: minimising harm, respecting autonomy, and protecting privacy. These external values are shown to be far from unequivocal in character, often in conflict with one another (or with the commitments of research), and always subject to situational interpretation and practical judgment. Nevertheless, it is contended that in the present challenging times it is essential that qualitative researchers uphold research values. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 What is ethics? 16
- 2 The research ethos 35
- 3 The risk of harm 57
- 4 Autonomy and informed consent 75
- 5 Privacy, confidentiality and anonymity 99.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0857021419
- 9780857021410
- 0857021400
- 9780857021403
- OCLC:
- 772499777
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