Ethical challenges embedded in qualitative research interviews with close relatives
Haahr, Anita Norlyk, Annelise Hall, Elisabeth
Haahr, Anita
Norlyk, Annelise
Hall, Elisabeth
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Nurse researchers engaged in qualitative interviews with patients and spouses in healthcare may often experience being in unforeseen ethical dilemmas. Researchers are guided by the bioethical principles of justice, beneficence, non-maleficence, respect for human rights and respect for autonomy through the entire research process. However, these principles are not sufficient to prepare researchers for unanticipated ethical dilemmas related to qualitative research interviews. We describe and discuss ethically challenging and difficult moments embedded in two cases from our own phenomenological interview studies. We argue that qualitative interviews involve navigation between being guided by bioethics as a researcher, being a therapist/nurse and being a fellow human being or even a friend. The researchers’ premises to react to unexpected situations and act in a sound ethical manner must be enhanced, and there is a need for an increased focus on the researchers’ ethical preparation and to continually address and discuss cases from their own interviews.
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2014-02
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SAGE-10.1177/0969733013486370
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http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0969733013486370
ISSN-0969-7330
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0969733013486370
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10.1177/0969733013486370
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