An ethic of analysis: an argument for critical analysis of research interviews as an ethical practice.

Full Abstract

Nursing literature is replete with discussions about the ethics of research interviews. These largely involve questions of method, and how careful study design and data collection technique can render studies more ethical. Analysis, the perennial black box of the research process, is rarely discussed as an ethical practice. In this paper, I introduce the idea that analysis itself is an ethical practice. Specifically, I argue that political discourse analysis of research interviews is an ethical practice. I use examples from my own research in a prison control unit to illustrate what this might look like, and what is at stake.

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Author information

Author/s: Cloyes, Kristin Gates (KG);

Affiliation: University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. kristin.cloyes(-atsign-)nurs.utah.edu

Grants: F31 NR07826-01A1 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Journal: ANS. Advances in nursing science (ANS Adv Nurs Sci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Apr-Jun; vol 29 (issue 2) : pp 84-97

Dates: Created 2006/05/23; Completed 2006/05/31; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 16717489, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Clinical Nursing Research - ethics
Ethics, Clinical
Ethics, Nursing
Ethics, Research
Humans
Interviews as Topic - standards
Nursing Methodology Research - ethics

Nursing Methodology Research - ethics
Prisoners - psychology
Prisons - ethics
Qualitative Research
Social Class
Social Dominance
Social Isolation

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