Ethics and ethnography – an experiential account
Ethics and ethnography – an experiential account
In this article, the authors discuss an ethical dilemma faced by the first author during the fieldwork of an ethnographic study of expertise in anesthesia. The example, written from the perspective of the first author, addresses a number of ethical issues commonly faced, namely, the researcher-researched relationship, anonymity and confidentiality, privacy, and exploitation. She deliberates on the influences that guided her decision and in doing so highlights some of the elements that combine to shape the data. The authors argue that this process of shaping the data is a symbiotic one in which the researcher and the community being studied construct the data together.
ethics, ethnography, researcher-researched relationships, shaping the data
567-577
Goodwin, D.
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Pope, C.
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Mort, M.
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Smith, A.
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2003
Goodwin, D.
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Pope, C.
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Mort, M.
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Smith, A.
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Goodwin, D., Pope, C., Mort, M. and Smith, A.
(2003)
Ethics and ethnography – an experiential account.
Qualitative Health Research, 13 (4), .
(doi:10.1177/1049732302250723).
Abstract
In this article, the authors discuss an ethical dilemma faced by the first author during the fieldwork of an ethnographic study of expertise in anesthesia. The example, written from the perspective of the first author, addresses a number of ethical issues commonly faced, namely, the researcher-researched relationship, anonymity and confidentiality, privacy, and exploitation. She deliberates on the influences that guided her decision and in doing so highlights some of the elements that combine to shape the data. The authors argue that this process of shaping the data is a symbiotic one in which the researcher and the community being studied construct the data together.
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ethics, ethnography, researcher-researched relationships, shaping the data
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