In my penultimate blog exploring the ethical principles underpinning research I’m going to consider ‘confidentiality’. Whilst all healthcare professionals will be familiar with this principle, it is worth taking time to explore how this principle might need to be treated … Continue reading →
Like many of you I ‘fell’ into research nursing. Some are scouted by a professor with a project and a grant or a senior research nurse who spotted your ‘talent’ while working alongside you in out-patient clinic. Today even scientists … Continue reading →
It’s week five in this blog series exploring the ethical principles underpinning research so it’s time to have a look at ‘veracity’. This is the principle that places an obligation on researchers to tell the truth about their research. Whilst it … Continue reading →
In my previous blogs I considered beneficence, non-maleficence and fidelity so now it’s time to consider the fourth ethical principle – ‘justice’. This principle requires that researchers are always fair to the participants in their research and that the needs … Continue reading →
So far in this series of blogs I have written about beneficence and non-maleficence so this week I turn my attention to the third ethical principle – ‘fidelity’. Fidelity is the principle concerned with building trusting relationships between researchers and … Continue reading →
Mar 13, 2015 in confidentiality, Ethics, Fidelity, Research, Research ethics 