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Gaining ethical approval for research into sensitive topics: two strikes and you're out?
- Authors:
- HAYS Sarah-Jane, MURPHY Glynis, SINCLAIR Neil
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(4), December 2003, pp.181-189.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The authors describe their experiences working with Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees on a research proposal designed to assess the efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy for men with intellectual disabilities who are at risk of sexual offending. The article describes the challenges faced by researchers designing research on sensitive topics and provides an example of the difficulties they encountered in working with Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees. Questions whether the issue of study design should be part of the Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees remit; whether the Committees were sufficiently responsive to concerns raised by researchers; whether they always understood the research; and whether the Central Officer for Research Ethics Committees should disallow re-submission after rejection by two Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committees.