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Researching children: some methodological and ethical considerations
Author(s) -
Coyne Imelda T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1998.tb00001.x
Subject(s) - confidentiality , informed consent , ethical issues , engineering ethics , psychology , medicine , political science , alternative medicine , engineering , law , pathology
Summary This paper examines some of the methodological issues and ethical considerations in researching children. Collecting data from children raises issues of informed consent, establishing rapport, and privacy and confidentiality. Children's consent to research remains a contentious issue that requires further deliberations. Researchers need to be flexible in their research with children and be cognisant of the strategies that can be used to enhance the quality of responses from children.