Research ethics: what do you think?
2006 Conference
There is a lot written about research ethics from a professional standpoint, that is asking doctors and professional researchers their views. While this is interesting, most people who take part in research are not doctors or professional researchers. This research looked at what service users / survivors thought about research that is of a psychological nature (i.e. not drugs trials).
Rachael Carrick facilitated a small discussion group of local service users interested in the topic. From this group a questionnaire was created to see if the themes that the group came up with were ones that a larger group of service users would agree with. Levels of agreement and comments were gathered. The results were fed back to participants, who were then asked to reconsider their opinions given the average response of the whole group.
This paper will briefly introduce the area and how our study was conducted. We hope people will learn more about what other service users think about ethics. We hope people will contribute their own perspectives on the less straightforward ethical issues.
Authors
Carrick ~ Rachael
Trainee Clinical Psychologist, University of Exeter. Rachael Carrick has studied psychology for over 10 years, gaining a PhD and is now almost qualified as a Clinical Psychologist. She has also been a substantial user of health services. Her experiences of applying for ethical approval and of working with service users have led to the current project.
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Service User Representative, L T Merwood gained a degree in psychology in 1988 and has raised a family and worked in teaching. She is a current mental health service user on the Care Programme Approach. She is actively involved in many aspects of Service User representation including work as a Service User Commissioner with the NIMHE National Personality Disorder Team.
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