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Caryl Skene1

  • 1Jessop Wing Neonatal Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK. caryl.skene@sth.nhs.uk

Nurse Researcher
|August 8, 2012
PubMed

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This study explores ethical challenges for clinical researcher-practitioners, emphasizing participant focus and team responsibility. Addressing issues like informed consent and confidentiality is crucial for ethical research practice.

Area of Science:

  • Clinical research ethics
  • Researcher-practitioner role

Background:

  • Author's ethnographic research experience as a nurse consultant.
  • Highlighted ethical and professional dilemmas in clinical research.
  • Focus on informed consent, confidentiality, practice concerns, and exploitation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Identify and explore ethical and professional issues for clinical researcher-practitioners.
  • Discuss how these issues were addressed in a specific study.
  • Examine the advantages of the researcher-practitioner role.

Main Methods:

  • Doctoral research (DMEDSCI) conducted at Sheffield University.
  • Ethnographic research methodology.

Main Results:

  • Discussion of ethical and professional dilemmas encountered.
  • Exploration of how specific issues were managed within the study.
  • Identification of advantages associated with the researcher-practitioner role.

Conclusions:

  • Need to prioritize participants and ensure research benefits them.
  • Importance of including a diverse research team.
  • Acknowledge researcher responsibility and proactive problem-solving.
  • Continuous reflection on the research process is essential.
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