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Research conducted on high-risk populations raises unique ethical and legal questions. While collecting data, researchers conducting descriptive, nonintervention studies may be faced with threats of harm to or by the participants, such as suicide, child abuse, or violence. At what point should the researcher override confidentiality protection agreements? How do researchers address the tensions between successfully recruiting participants while communicating their obligation to disclose threatening behaviors? How do researchers identify and adequately communicate to participants the limits of confidentiality protection? Research With High-Risk Populations provides guidance to social scientists regarding their ethical and legal responsibilities to respond appropriately to threats of harm that may arise during the course of data collection. Contributing authors include leading researchers, ethicists, lawyers, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) members from across the country who illuminate the complexities of the issues using case studies from their own research projects. This collection of ethical and legal analyses examines both the challenges of conducting research designed to r

Author

Gable, Lance; Fisher, Celia B.; Buchanan, David Ross

Publisher

American Psychological Association (apa)

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781433804243

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Health & Fitness