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Backhouse, Tamara 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8194-4174 and Daly, Rachel Louise
(2022)
"Acting ethically is down to you": Applying ethical protocols in qualitative fieldwork in care homes.
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 23 (1).
pp. 2-13.
ISSN 1471-7794
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Abstract
Purpose: Research ethics committees (RECs) and ethical standards govern research. To conduct research involving participants, researchers must first gain a favourable opinion on their protocol from a REC. This paper aims to promote researcher reflexivity and openness about applying agreed ethical protocols in practice. Design/methodology/approach: Using examples from qualitative fieldwork in two care home studies, the authors critically reflect on the issues encountered when applying ethics committee agreed protocols in real-world situations. Findings: Three areas of research practice are reflected on given as follows: recruitment and consent; approach to observations; and research processes, shared spaces and access to data. The interface between researcher and participant did not always mirror textbook scenarios. Ultimately, this left researchers accountable for taking ethically acceptable actions while conducting research. Originality/value: Drawing on research experiences in care homes, the authors consider the reliance on the researcher to be authentic and morally driven over and above formal ethical approvals. The authors conclude that the researcher is the bridging agent between ethical protocols and ethical practice in the field. As such, researchers need to be open and reflexive about their practices in fieldwork.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Acknowledgements: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) East of England; University of East Anglia. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | care home,dementia,ethical practice,ethics,interviews,observations,qualitative,gerontology,community and home care,care planning ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2900/2909 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2021 01:44 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2022 03:11 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81858 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/QAOA-06-2021-0050 |
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