Practical and Ethical Dilemmas in Researching Sensitive Topics with Populations Considered Vulnerable

• Other Authors: Hilário, Ana Patrícia (Editor), Augusto, Fábio Rafael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; ethics; sensitive research; reflexivity; qualitative methods; emotional risk; qualitative method; children; autism spectrum disorders; methodological challenges; research ethics; ethical sensibility; stereotypes; stereotyped reasoning; research with children; qualitative research; focus groups; social research; visual methods; sensitive topics; vulnerable populations; chronic pain; medical anthropology; social housing; vulnerability; social suffering; good intentions; austerity; cognitive interviewing; transgender identity; survey methods; gender identity; sexual identity; categorization; disability; ethnicity; intersectionality; relational ethics; researcher vulnerability; emotional labor; homeless people; maternity care; healthcare; doctors; perinatal center; suffering; human embryo in vitro; infertility; shadowing; research methodology; CYP; paediatric patients; interviews; chronic illness; brain tumours; child protection; child participation; children's competence to consent; parental consent; research on violence against children; victimisation studies
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This book seeks to support social science researchers who interact with vulnerability and/or sensitivity in the context of their research. Whilst there has been some important debate about the theoretical, methodological and ethical issues of conducting research on sensitive topics, and/or with vuln...