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Title Research with high-risk populations : balancing science, ethics, and law / edited by David Buchanan, Celia B. Fisher, and Lance Gable
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction / David R. Buchanan, Celia B. Fisher, and Lance Gable -- Historical, theoretical, and legal perspectives -- Goodness-of-fit ethics for nonintervention research involving dangerous and illegal behaviors / Celia B. Fisher and Sabrina J. Goodman -- Legal challenges raised by nonintervention research conducted under high-risk circumstances / Lance Gable -- Conducting research ethically -- Telephone surveys of traumatic experiences and other sensitive topics / Jennifer J. Cercone [and others] -- Longitudinal research in school bullying : adolescents who bully and who are bullied / Lang Ma [and others] -- Suicide in a natural history study : lessons and insights learned from a follow-up of Vietnam veterans at risk for suicide / Rumi Kato Price [and others] -- Using public data : illustrations from domestic violence research / Catherine Cerulli and Christopher D. Thomas -- Responding to threats of violence -- Ethical dilemmas in conducting field research with injection drug users / David R. Buchanan -- Ethical and legal issues in conducting treatment research with potentially violent individuals / Barry Rosenfeld and Debbie Green -- Do drug abuse researchers have a duty to protect third parties from HIV transmission? : moral perspectives of street drug users / Celia B. Fisher [and others] -- Ethical and legal dilemmas in ethnographic field research : three case studies of distressed inner-city families / by Eloise Dunlap, Bruce D. Johnson, and Doris Randolph -- Concluding thoughts -- Best practices for responding to threats of violence in research ethically and legally / David R. Buchanan, Lance Gable, and Celia B. Fisher
Summary "This book provides in-depth analyses and guidance to social scientists regarding ethical and legal responsibilities that may arise in the course of conducting research with high-risk populations and in responding appropriately to threats of suicide, child abuse, and violence that may arise during the course of data collection. These discussions offer valuable lessons both for researchers who are planning to investigate the etiology of these particular problems and for researchers who may be confronted with similar threats of harm while investigating other health concerns such as HIV/AIDS or substance abuse. Because of the paucity of informed analyses of this critical topic area, researchers now find themselves caught between contradictory assumptions about the nature of the risks involved in descriptive research with populations at risk of violence and other harms. On the one hand, the traditional view has been that descriptive research poses minimal risk, as it is completely unlike medical experiments in which participants are exposed to novel experimental treatments. One common view is that if the research involves merely asking people questions, then the ethical risk of such research is limited to the harms that could emerge if confidential information were to be inadvertently disclosed. On the other hand, research with high-risk populations raises acute and appropriate questions for investigators, institutional review boards (IRBs), and other interested parties about a duty to protect: When or at what point does the threat of harm, such as suicide, child abuse, or violence, warrant overriding confidentiality protections?"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Psychology -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
Behavioral Research -- ethics
Liability, Legal
Vulnerable Populations
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Research & Methodology.
Psychology -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects
77.03 teaching, profession and organizations of psychology.
Professional ethics.
Psychology.
Research.
Form Electronic book
Author Buchanan, David Ross.
Fisher, Celia B.
Gable, Lance.
American Psychological Association.
ISBN 9781433818875
1433818876