Walking the tightrope : ethical issues for qualitative researchers / edited by Will C. van den Hoonaard.

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2002], ©2002.

xv, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-205) and index.

Introduction: ethical norming and qualitative research / Will C. van den Hoonaard -- Good intentions and awkward outcomes: ethical gatekeeping in field research / Patrick O'Neill -- Yet another coming crisis? Coping with guidelines from the tri-council / Florence Kellner -- Do university lawyers and the police define research values? / Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler -- Challenging the system: rethinking ethics review of social research in Britain's National Health Service / Melanie Pearce -- Reflections on professional ethics / John M. Johnson, David L. Altheide -- Confidentiality and anonymity: promises and practices / Linda Snyder -- Biting the hand that feeds you, and other feminist dilemmas in fieldwork / Merlinda Weinberg -- My research friend? My friend the researcher? My friend, my researcher? Mis/informed consent and people with developmental disabilities / S. Anthony Thompson -- Hazel the dental assistant and the research dilemma of (re)presenting a life story: the clash of narratives / Erin Mills -- Breaking in: compromises in participatory field research within closed institutions / Mary Stratton -- Harmony of resistance: qualitative research and ethical practice in social work / Michael Ungar, Gillian Nichol -- Pace of technological change: battling ethical issues in qualitative research / Barbara Theresa Waruszynski -- Tri-council on cyberspace: insights, oversights, and extrapolations / Heather A. Kitchin -- Some concluding thoughts / Will C. van den Hoonaard.