Open AccessRESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEES AND ETHICAL CODES
Author(s) -
Iain Atherton
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
health and social care chaplaincy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2051-5561
pISSN - 2051-5553
DOI - 10.1558/hscc.v13i1.44
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , engineering ethics , ethical issues , research ethics , permission , resource (disambiguation) , ethical leadership , health care , ethics committee , ethical code , nursing ethics , political science , sociology , public relations , medicine , law , engineering , public administration , computer network , politics , computer science
In this paper Iain raises important issues about how the process of applying for ethical permission should be viewed as more than a bureaucratic exercise. Hospital chaplains can take advantage of their personal experience and expertise to engage fully with the process and to help develop thinking around ethical issues. Whilst every author in this edition has probably had some kind of irritation around applying for and receiving NHS ethical approval for research, the reality is that doing research ethically and ethical research remains a challenge, one which healthcare chaplains are well placed to meet. The research ethics committee should be seen as a resource with which to engage and a help in refining the proposal.