II. The Research Ethics Involving Vulnerable Groups

Toward a vulnerable ethics of research practice.

This article considers ethical dilemmas concerning the protection of confidentiality that often arise in carrying out ethnographic research. A number of problematic assumptions are highlighted that generally (implicitly or explicitly) guide the practice of contemporary research ethics review committees: (1) ethical rules are context free; (2) there is always an ethical 'right answer'; (3) there...

The Everyday Ethics of Field Work Research with Vulnerable Patients

Patients are increasingly involved in health informatics research. Researchers are always aware of the ethical dimensions of their research, but studies in the field with patients--especially among the frail, elderly, cognitively impaired--present specific additional 'everyday moral dilemmas'. Reflecting on experiences of a hospital study of patients with dementia, this paper draws attention on...

The ethics of research involving Canada's Aboriginal populations.

Rethinking the ethics of research involving nonhuman animals: introduction.

The ethics of research involving children as controls.