scholarly journals Ethical Issues of Informed Consent: Students as Participants in Faculty Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Phatcharapon Tulyakul ◽  
Soontareeporn Meepring
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Faculty Research ◽  
Ethical Considerations

Educators may face an ethical dilemma when they conduct research by using their own students as participants. The dual role conflict, coercion, confidentiality, misconstruction, and unawareness of the informed consent documents have been discussed as ethical issues in such faculty research. The educators as the researchers should be aware of these ethical dilemmas and attempt to implement the informed consent effectively. Thus, this article explores the ethical considerations of informed consent for the educational setting that students are recruited in the faculty research. Furthermore, this article represented recommendations for potentially resolving the ethical dilemmas of informed consent surrounding this phenomenon which consisted of eliminating dual role conflict and coercion, guarding confidentiality, and promoting good construction and awareness of the informed consent documents.

Qualitative research ethics on the spot

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Øye ◽  
Nelli Øvre Sørensen ◽  
Stinne Glasdam
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Research Ethics ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Institutional Review Boards ◽  
Ethical Guidelines ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Institutional Review ◽  
Review Boards

Background: The increase in medical ethical regulations and bureaucracy handled by institutional review boards and healthcare institutions puts the researchers using qualitative methods in a challenging position. Method: Based on three different cases from three different research studies, the article explores and discusses research ethical dilemmas. Objectives and ethical considerations: First, and especially, the article addresses the challenges for gatekeepers who influence the informant’s decisions to participate in research. Second, the article addresses the challenges in following research ethical guidelines related to informed consent and doing no harm. Third, the article argues for the importance of having research ethical guidelines and review boards to question and discuss the possible ethical dilemmas that occur in qualitative research. Discussion and conclusion: Research ethics must be understood in qualitative research as relational, situational, and emerging. That is, that focus on ethical issues and dilemmas has to be paid attention on the spot and not only at the desktop.

scholarly journals Psychotherapy Ethics in Twentieth-Century Literature

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Magdalena Elsner
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Twentieth Century Literature ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Century Literature

Ethical issues arising in the practice of psychotherapy, such as confidentiality, boundaries in the therapeutic relationship, and informed consent, figure prominently in a range of twentieth-century literary texts that portray psychotherapy. This chapter analyzes the portrayal of these conflicts, but also stresses that they are often marginal to the overall plot structures of these narratives and that literary depictions of psychotherapy are often vague or even inaccurate concerning key characteristics of psychotherapeutic practice. Focusing on examples that either illustrate professionalism and the absence of ethical challenges in psychotherapy, or take up the ethical reservations that fueled anti-Freudianism or the anti-psychiatry movement, the chapter proposes that selected literary depictions of psychotherapy can play a key role in sensitizing therapists to the complex make-up of ethical dilemmas as well as illustrating the cultural and historical contexts of these dilemmas.

Ethical Considerations in the Genetic Testing Laboratory

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Groepper ◽  
Matt Bower
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Prenatal Testing ◽  
Laboratory Setting ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Testing Laboratory ◽  
Testing Laboratories

Ethical dilemmas are commonly encountered by genetic counselors, whether in the clinical or laboratory setting. This chapter describes common ethical dilemmas, conflicts, and challenges encountered in genetic testing laboratories. These situations include genetic testing of minors for adult-onset conditions, prenatal testing, the ethical impacts of incidental findings and unexpected test results, and conflicts of interest. This chapter also explores the genetic counselor’s role in addressing ethical issues. Resources are provided for managing these ethical dilemmas within the laboratory.

Social Work Research Ethics: Dual Roles and Boundary Issues

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Landau
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Social Work Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Boundary Issues

This article reviews ethical issues and dilemmas that arise from the dual roles of the social work researcher: as scientist and as someone who cares for individuals and groups in distress while exercising social control. There is a fair amount of tension between the roles of social worker and social work researcher due to a lack of clear boundaries of the researcher's function. The ethical dilemmas may vary with the framework in which the research is conducted, the participants, and social work researchers themselves. The current article focuses on issues of informed consent, expectations, and anxieties of the research participants, and ethical dilemmas. It ends with suggestions for ethical social work research.

Psychiatrist-Patient Sexual Relationships: The Ethical Dilemmas

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherrie A. Galletly
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Power Inequality ◽  
Psychiatric Profession

Sexual relationships between psychiatrists and their patients raise a number of important ethical issues. The power inequality, transference and dependence which often occur in a therapeutic relationship render patients vulnerable to exploitation. Psychiatrists informed by a patient of sexual contact with a previous psychiatrist face a complex ethical dilemma. Attempts at regulation by professional organisations, or by the legal system, may create conflicts between the rights of the persons involved. The role of the psychiatric profession in confronting the problem of sexual exploitation of patients is discussed.

Ethical Considerations of Court-Ordered Outpatient Therapy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh E. Becker ◽  
Audrey Cecil ◽  
Michael C. Gottlieb
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Outpatient Psychotherapy ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Outpatient Therapy ◽  
Adolescents And Adults

Court-ordered outpatient psychotherapy (COT) has been used in the criminal justice system for treatment of adolescents and adults for a number of problems such as mental illness, substance use, and sex offenses, and the number and frequency of such orders has grown at a dramatic rate. Practitioners are being asked to treat someone even though they are not free to exercise the normal duties they would have toward their voluntary patients. This circumstance creates a number of potential ethical dilemmas regarding informed consent, potential loyalty conflicts, violations of confidentiality, and the risk of therapeutic ruptures that clinicians typically do not encounter on daily basis. This chapter will explore these ethical issues and provide examples of questions practitioners should take into account when working with this population.

Domestic Violence in Sport: Complexities and Ethical Issues for Psychologists

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-213
Author(s):  
Ryan Sliwak ◽  
Sandra Lee ◽  
Noelany Pelc
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
National Basketball Association ◽  
Mandated Treatment ◽  
Major League ◽  
Controversial Topic

The prevalence of domestic violence in the sports community continues to be a controversial topic of discussion. The conversation that surrounds domestic violence and athletes often occurs through a sports-only lens. Policies have been implemented by the various professional leagues, such as the Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), and National Football League (NFL), to combat numerous incidents of domestic violence. Policies vary for each respective league. Discussion of domestic violence in sport has barely scratched the surface of identifying the complexity of the ethical dilemmas that psychologists may encounter. Three of these dilemmas are identified and discussed here: mandated treatment, confidentiality, and informed consent.

Ethical Choices in Aesthetic Medicine and Beyond

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Lopez-Moriarty
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Aesthetic Medicine ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ◽  
Ethical Choices ◽  
The Aesthetic

Practitioners will likely encounter significant ethical dilemmas during their professional careers. As these issues arise, practitioners will be required to analyze ethical issues and evaluate available choices. This case study discusses such an ethical dilemma in the context of aesthetic plastic surgery. The aesthetic provider is confronted with the question of whether or not to provide an ethically questionable procedure. The thought process discussed here can be extended beyond aesthetic medicine to all practitioners facing ethical dilemmas. An analysis of the principles of bioethics was undertaken. The principles of bioethics were then applied to the dilemma faced by the practitioner. Finally, a practical, 4-step system was constructed to be incorporated by the practitioner to guide in making ethically sound decisions.

Ethical Dilemmas in Conducting Research with Children

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Dorte Buchwald
Keyword(s):  
Informed Consent ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Research With Children ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Reflective Processes ◽  
Ethical Obligations

Conducting research where children act as informants is a field that presents the researcher with ethical obligations. In this article the authors present four ethical issues that must be taken into account when research involves children: informed consent, power relations, confidentiality, and the reflective processes that can be triggered by the child’s involvement in the research project. All four areas are explored, discussed, and exemplified in the article.

scholarly journals Dealing with Un(Expected) Ethical Dilemma: Experience from the Field

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaleha Othman ◽  
Fathilatul Zakimi Abdul Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
Research Integrity ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
Record Data

Despite the growing interest in qualitative research and discussion of ethics, there has been little focus in the literature on the specific ethical dilemmas faced by researchers. In this paper, we share our fieldwork experiences regarding the ethical dilemmas that we encountered while doing research on a sensitive topic. Specifically, we share some of the ethical dilemmas, that is, concerning confidentiality, anonymity, legitimacy, controversial data, interpretation and off-the-record data, which emerged from the research. Most importantly, this paper shares ideas concerning how researchers might deal with ethical issues while preserving their integrity in the research process. Overall, this paper suggests approaches that qualitative researchers can adopt when doing research on sensitive topics. The paper contributes towards closing an existing gap in the literature, making visible the challenges frequently faced by qualitative researchers, that is, the vulnerability of researchers while preserving research integrity. Finally, this paper concludes with the suggestion that ethical dilemmas are part of the research process in doing qualitative research. However, it is suggested that future research should focus on ethical issues from the perspective of the researchers as well as the respondents.

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