Ethical Issues In Conduction Research

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03-Drew-45303.qxd 9/7/2007 3:07 PM Page 55 3 ETHICAL ISSUES IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH CHAPTER OUTLINE CHAPTER OBJECTIVES Ensuring the Protection of Human Participants Consent Capacity Information Voluntariness RESEARCH IN ACTION Harm Potential Hazards to Participants Determining the Degree of Harm Privacy Issues in Research Affecting Privacy Deception Reasons for Deception SIMULATION 3.1 Ethical Considerations in Quantitative and Qualitative Research Ethics and Quantitative Research Ethics and Qualitative Research Participant Observation Privacy Issues Degree of Deception Monitoring Ethics in Research: Institutional Review Boards Federal Requirements for IRBs Ethics and Professionalism Integrity During Execution of the Study Integrity Related to Publishing Plagiarism and Maintaining Integrity Simultaneous Submission Ethical Issues in Authorship Sanctions for Breaches of Integrity CHAPTER SUMMARY KEY TERMS STUDENT STUDY SITE SIMULATION FEEDBACK 3.1 55 03-Drew-45303.qxd 9/7/2007 3:07 PM Page 56 56 PART I: O VERVIEW OF R ESEARCH CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After reading Chapter 3, you should be able to do the following: Describe the three elements of informed consent for ensuring the protection of human subjects. Discuss who must consent to participation in a research study and how it should be given. Describe “harm” as a potential hazard to participants, and identify strategies for determining its level of acceptability within a research study. Identify the issues in research that directly affect the “privacy” of an individual. Define “deception” and the rationale for why it may be used in a research study. Distinguish between ethical considerations in quantitative and qualitative research. Understand the role of institutional review boards in monitoring ethics in research. Understand the importance of maintaining integrity in the execution of
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