"You child is just wonderful”: On ethics and access in research with children
Författare
Summary, in English
This article discuss the consequences of the ambiguous view of children in the ethical guidelines – the ambitions to “give voice” while also “protect” – with a point of departure taken in the Swedish context, and in an actual research process of a project on children and care. It shows how the regulation of informed consent through the parent compromises the ideals of child-centred research; firstly, by limiting the child’s possibility to opt in to research; secondly, by affecting the relationship between researcher, child and parent in the research encounter; and thirdly, by jeopardizing the child’s right to confidentiality. The author argues that we should view not only the child’s but also the adult’s consent as a “continuous negotiation” and discusses strategies for strengthening the child’s right to opt in and participate in research on equal terms.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Comparative Social Work
Issue
2
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Universitetet i Nordland
Ämne
- Sociology
Nyckelord
- children
- ethics
- research ethics
- qualitative methods
Status
Published
Projekt
- Relationer kring omsorg bortom familjen (FAS 2010-0505)
Forskningsgrupp
- Critical Perspectives in Sociology / Kritiska Studier i Sociologi
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0809-9936