Developing Ethical Guidelines for Safeguarding Children during Social Research:

Research Ethics

RosemaryFurey¹ 

关键词: guidelines;    children;    research ethics;    safeguarding children;   

DOI  :  10.1177/174701611000600403

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

A working party of academics from both professional safeguarding backgrounds and research backgrounds developed and wrote ethical guidelines on safeguarding children in research on behalf of their faculty research ethics committee. The working party encountered a lack of useful precedents while developing the guidelines leading to a lengthy process of debate and consideration of the issues. This paper explores the various issues and dilemmas arising during this process, particularly the tension between safeguarding children from abuse and maintaining research confidentiality. One of the main areas of discussion was how to establish the limits of confidentiality without compromising the research in hand.The role and responsibilities of researchers in supporting children's welfare, and the development of procedures for ensuring that safeguarding is effective are discussed as key elements. In addition, the issues researchers may face when determining thresholds for intervention are considered alongside the u...

【 授权许可】

CC BY