Planning Ethically Responsible Research: A Guide for Students and Internal Review Boards / Edition 1

by Joan E. Sieber

Overview

This book provides readers with the practical knowledge needed to plan ethically responsible social and behavioral research. It includes: detailed instructions on development of an effective protocol; methods for handling issues of consent, privacy, confidentiality and deception; ways to assess risk and benefit to optimize research outcomes; and how to respect the needs of vulnerable research populations such as children and the urban poor, including those at risk from HIV infection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803939646
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/30/1992
Series:	Applied Social Research Methods Series , #31
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

Joan E. Sieber, a psychologist and Professor Emerita, California State University, East Bay, has specialized in empirical research on questions of scientific ethics, culturally sensitive methods of research and intervention, data sharing methodology, and scholarship on ethical problem solving. In 2001-2002, she was Acting Director of the National Science Foundation program Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science and Technology. She is the author of eight books and numerous other publications including software and encyclopedia entries on ethical problem solving in social and behavioral research.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: RESEARCH ETHICS AND THE IRB Research Ethics and IRBs The Research Protocol General Ethical Principles of Research on Humans PART TWO: BASIC ETHICAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH Voluntary Informed Consent and Debriefing Privacy Strategies For Assuring Confidentiality Deception Research PART THREE: RISK/BENEFIT ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING Recognizing Elements of Risk Maximizing Benefit PART FOUR: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS Research on Children and Adolescents Community-Based Research on Vulnerable Urban Populations and AIDS PART FIVE: DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN SUBJECTS PROTOCOL Developing a Research Protocol