Essentials of Nursing
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3 major ethical principles from the Belmont Report
beneficence, respect for human dignity, justice
Respect for human dignity
involves participants right to self determination(participate in study voluntarily)
Full disclosure
researchers have fully disclosed participants rights, costs & benefits of the study
concealment
collection of information without participants knowledge or consent
deception
withholding information from participants or providing false information
Justice principle from Belmont Report
-right to fair treatment
-right to privacy
Procedures developed to safeguard study participants'rights
-performance of risk/benefit assessment
-implementation of informed consent procedures
-safeguard participants confidentiality
risk/benefit assessment
potential benefits of the study to individuals and to society are weighed against the
costs to individuals
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process consent procedures
used in qualitative studies as consent is continually renegotiated
anonymity
not even researchers know participants' identities
certificate of confidentiality
protects researchers against forced disclosure of confidential information through a
court order
debriefing session
sessions offered after data collection to provide participants with more information or
oppourtunity to air complaints
Vulnerable populations
-children
-mentally ill
-Severely/terminally ill
-institutionalized
-pregnant women
IRB(institutional review board)
highly desired external review of the ethical aspects of a study, usually required by
universities, organizations
types of research misconduct
-plagiarism
-fabrication of results
-falsification of data
abstract
synopsis of the study
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