Walking the Tightrope: Ethical Issues for Qualitative Researchers

Published by University of Toronto Press 2002

Walking the Tightrope

Ethical Issues for Qualitative Researchers

Edited by: Will C. van den Hoonaard

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442683204

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Are formal ethics research guidelines congruent with the aims and methodology of inductive and qualitative social research? Using the experiences of 16 Canadian, American, and British researchers, this collection explores answers to the question.

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van den Hoonaard Will C. :

Will C. van den Hoonaard is a professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Ethical Norming and Qualitative Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Good Intentions and Awkward Outcomes: Ethical Gatekeeping in Field Research Patrick O'neill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Yet Another Coming Crisis? Coping with Guidelines from the Tri-Council Florence Kellner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. Do University Lawyers and the Police Define Research Values? Patricia A. Abler and Peter Abler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
4. Challenging the System: Rethinking Ethics Review of Social Research in Britain's National Health Service Melanie Pearce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
5. Reflections on Professional Ethics John M. Johnson and David L. Altheide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
6. Confidentiality and Anonymity: Promises and Practices Linda Snyder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
7. Biting the Hand That Feeds You, and Other Feminist Dilemmas in Fieldwork Merlinda Weinberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
8. My Research Friend? My Friend the Researcher? My Friend, My Researcher? Mis/Informed Consent and People with Developmental Disabilities S. Anthony Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
9. Hazel the Dental Assistant and the Research Dilemma of (Re) presenting a Life Story: The Clash of Narratives Erin Mills Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
10. Breaking In: Compromises in Participatory Field Research within Closed Institutions Mary Stratton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
11. The Harmony of Resistance: Qualitative Research and Ethical Practice in Social Work Michael Ungar and Gillian Nichol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
12. Pace of Technological Change: Battling Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research Barbara Theresa Waruszynski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
13. The Tri-Council on Cyberspace: Insights, Oversights, and Extrapolations Heather A. Kitchin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Some Concluding Thoughts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 240

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Published: November 26, 2002
ISBN: 9781442683204