Empirical Ethics and the Special Status of Practitioners' Judgements

Albert W. MUSSCHENGA

doi:10.2143/ep.17.2.2049264

A Framework for an Empirical Ethics

Philosophy of Science ◽

10.1086/286657 ◽

1940 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 476-491

Author(s):

Benbow F. Ritchie ◽

Abraham Kaplan

Keyword(s):

Empirical Ethics

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Empirical and normative ethics

Nursing Ethics ◽

10.1177/0969733011405875 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 814-824 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lise-Lotte Jonasson ◽

Per-Erik Liss ◽

Björn Westerlind ◽

Carina Berterö

Keyword(s):

Medical Service ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Empirical Ethics ◽

Normative Ethics ◽

Good Care ◽

Older Patient ◽

International Council ◽

Empirical Perspective ◽

Practical Performance ◽

Normative Perspective

The aim of this study was to synthesize the concepts from empirical studies and analyze, compare and interrelate them with normative ethics. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the Health and Medical Service Act are normative ethics. Five concepts were used in the analysis; three from the grounded theory studies and two from the theoretical framework on normative ethics. A simultaneous concept analysis resulted in five outcomes: interconnectedness, interdependence, corroboratedness, completeness and good care are all related to the empirical perspective of the nurse’s interaction with the older patient, and the normative perspective, i.e. that found in ICN code and SFS law. Empirical ethics and normative ethics are intertwined according to the findings of this study. Normative ethics influence the nurse’s practical performance and could be supporting documents for nurses as professionals.

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Ongoing processes of managing consent: the empirical ethics of using video-recording in clinical practice and research

Clinical Ethics ◽

10.1258/ce.2011.011040 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 179-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Michelle O'Reilly ◽

Nicola Parker ◽

Ian Hutchby

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Video Recording ◽

Empirical Ethics ◽

Video Data ◽

Care Practice ◽

Reflecting Team ◽

Recording Equipment ◽

Health Care Practice ◽

Ethical Concerns ◽

Sensitive Topics

Using video to facilitate data collection has become increasingly common in health research. Using video in research, however, does raise additional ethical concerns. In this paper we utilize family therapy data to provide empirical evidence of how recording equipment is treated. We show that families made a distinction between what was observed through the video by the reflecting team and what was being recorded onto videotape. We show that all parties actively negotiated what should and should not go ‘on the record’, with particular attention to sensitive topics and the responsibility of the therapist. Our findings have important implications for both clinical professionals and researchers using video data. We maintain that informed consent should be an ongoing process and with this in mind we present some arguments pertaining to the current debates in this field of health-care practice.

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