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Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection Among Vulnerable Populations in Healthcare Setting

Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection Among Vulnerable Populations in Healthcare Setting

Seng Fah Tong, Wen Ting Tong, Wah Yun Low
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781522527305|ISBN10: 1522527303|EISBN13: 9781522527312
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2730-5.ch005
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Tong, Seng Fah, et al. "Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection Among Vulnerable Populations in Healthcare Setting." Ensuring Research Integrity and the Ethical Management of Data, edited by Cees Th. Smit Sibinga, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 80-97. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2730-5.ch005

APA

Tong, S. F., Tong, W. T., & Low, W. Y. (2018). Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection Among Vulnerable Populations in Healthcare Setting. In C. Sibinga (Ed.), Ensuring Research Integrity and the Ethical Management of Data (pp. 80-97). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2730-5.ch005

Chicago

Tong, Seng Fah, Wen Ting Tong, and Wah Yun Low. "Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection Among Vulnerable Populations in Healthcare Setting." In Ensuring Research Integrity and the Ethical Management of Data, edited by Cees Th. Smit Sibinga, 80-97. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2730-5.ch005

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Abstract

The chapter aims to highlight the ethical issues in qualitative data collection among vulnerable populations. Among the ethical issues are the conflict role of interviewers, adverse impact on future patient-therapist relationship, and emotional trauma both during and after data collection. The interviewers, usually healthcare providers, may subconsciously assume the role as a therapist during the interviews. Furthermore, the interviewers may encounter the participants (patients) in future clinical consultations; hence, information exchanges during the interviews could influence the therapeutic relationship. Recollection of experiences with an illness during the interviews can be a painful experience for patients. These ethical dilemmas can be addressed with appropriate sampling of participants and constant awareness of the researcher roles and relationships with the participants. Debriefing the participants with support is important to handle emotional upheavals.

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