Questionable Requirement for Consent in Observational Research in Psychiatry
| Autor: | Marit Helene Hem, Knut W. Ruyter, Kristin Heggen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Attitude of Health Personnel Judgement Observation Psychiatric Nursing Nursing Methodology Research Patient Advocacy Participant observation Patient advocacy Ethics Research Judgment Researcher-Subject Relations 03 medical and health sciences Nursing care 0504 sociology Informed consent Health care medicine Humans Mental Competency Psychiatry Qualitative Research Research ethics Informed Consent 030504 nursing Norway business.industry Mental Disorders 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods Issues ethics and legal aspects Human Experimentation Commitment of Mentally Ill Female Clinical Competence Power Psychological Nurse-Patient Relations 0305 other medical science business Psychology Attitude to Health Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Nursing Ethics. 14:41-53 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0989 0969-7330 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0969733007071357 |
| Popis: | Informed consent represents a cornerstone of the endeavours to make health care research ethically acceptable. Based on experience of qualitative research on power dynamics in nursing care in acute psychiatry, we show that the requirement for informed consent may be practised in formalistic ways that legitimize the researcher's activities without taking the patient's changing perception of the situation sufficiently into account. The presentation of three patient case studies illustrates a diversity of issues that the researcher must consider in each situation. We argue for the necessity of researchers to base their judgement on a complex set of competencies. Consciousness of research ethics must be combined with knowledge of the challenges involved in research methodology in qualitative research and familiarity with the therapeutic arena in which the research is being conducted. The article shows that the alternative solution is not simple but must emphasize the researcher's ability to doubt and be based on an awareness of the researcher's fallibility. |
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