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- Title
Observing Abuse: Professional Ethics and Personal Morality in Field Research.
- Authors
Taylor, Steven J.
- Abstract
Based on the author 's participant observation research in a state institution for the mentally retarded, this article deals with moral and ethical dilemmas that occur in research at settings characterized by routine human abuse. After a discussion of the choices posed by these dilemmas, the author presents preferred solutions. The importance of anticipating potential moral and ethical dilemmas prior to entering the field and delineating the relation between professional ethics and personal morality are discussed as implications of this problem.
- Subjects
INTELLECTUAL disabilities; ABUSE of people with mental illness; PROFESSIONAL ethics; CONDUCT of life; ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 1987, Vol 10, Issue 3, p288
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00988991