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Assessing the capacity to give consent
- Authors:
- DEAN Esia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.10.98, 1998, pp.58-60.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Describes the development of a functional approach to assessing the capacity of people with learning disabilities to grant consent to medical treatment.
Consent to psychological research by people with an intellectual disability
- Authors:
- ARSCOTT Katy, DAGNAN Dave, KROESE Biza Stenfert
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(1), 1998, pp.77-83.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Investigates the ability of people with an intellectual disability to consent to psychological research. The criteria employed were based on the three elements of informed consent: information, competence and voluntariness. Results found people appeared to understand the nature of the research, but had a limited understanding of the risks and benefits involved or of their right to refuse to participate or to drop out of the study. Concludes that researchers must carefully assess the ability of people with an intellectual disability to consent before recruiting them to research studies and must be aware of the potential for this client group to agree to participate without fully understanding the implications.
Issues of informed consent in conducting medical research involving people with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- IACONO Teresa, MURRAY Vanessa
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 16(1), March 2003, pp.41-51.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
People with severe intellectual disability are considered vulnerable to exploitation in research. Discovery of exploitative practices in recent history has motivated the development of guidelines for informed consent and proxy decision-making procedures when involving these individuals in research. The complex process of involving in research people with severe intellectual disability who are particularly vulnerable by virtue of their institutionalized residential status is discussed within the context of a recent project into examining potential nutritional determinants of Pica behaviour (the eating of inedible items). This example serves to highlight the role of legislation, various government bodies and researchers in balancing principles of protection of vulnerable groups and rights to self-determination.
A vacuum in a minefield: ethnical dilemmas in research with learning disabled people
- Author:
- FRIAR Jeremy
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 7(1), January 2000, pp.19-26.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
The article looks at some basic assumptions about social research and then in more detail at the ethical questions surrounding informed consent, privacy and the role of the researcher, in the context of research with people with learning difficulties.
All mothers together: talking about mothering and learning disabilities
- Author:
- CHINN Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- Changes an International Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 14(3), August 1996, pp.213-217.
The conjunction of motherhood and learning disabilities is seen as problematic: workers attempt to solve this problem in the way they establish a relationship with their clients. Through a detailed analysis of an interview with a social worker involved with a learning disabled mother this article reveals discourses of clienthood, learning disability and motherhood.
Sexual offending and abuse perpetrated by men with learning disabilities: an integration of current research concerning assessment and treatment
- Authors:
- O'CONNOR C.R., ROSE J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 2(1), March 1998, pp.31-38.
This article is concerned with sexual offending and abuse by men with learning disabilities. The prevalence of individuals who sexually offend and have learning disabilities is considered. Vulnerability and maintaining factors are examined and the implications for assessment and treatment are discussed in some detail.
The ethics of research with men who have learning disabilities and abusive sexual behaviour: a minefield in a vacuum
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(5), November 1997, pp.695-707.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In the wake of the recent awareness of the sexual abuse of people with learning disabilities is the recognition that a small number of men with learning disabilities are themselves sexually abusing. The need to understand the men's behaviour and provide effective responses is pressing yet the search for an ethical course of enquiry appears illusory. Explores in depth these dilemmas and describes the authors' attempts to resolve them as they attempted to devise a protocol for consent to involvement in a qualitative study of men with learning disabilities who sexually abuse.