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Ethical issues in interviewing *
Author(s) -
Smith Lorraine
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1992.tb01823.x
Subject(s) - emotive , interview , ethical issues , psychology , informed consent , engineering ethics , medical education , applied psychology , social psychology , medicine , sociology , alternative medicine , engineering , political science , law , pathology , anthropology
A study of the help‐seeking behaviours of alcohol dependent and problem drinking women raised a number of ethical issues It had been anticipated that the design of the study and the construction and approval of appropriate consent forms would eliminate the majority of problems. While this was true, a number of unforeseen points emerged during the course of the study related to interviewing women, discussing emotive issues and the responsibilities of the researcher vis‐à‐vis their samples This paper discusses the issues raised using specific examples drawn from the research study