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Past the age of consent? a discussion of some ethical issues arising in a study involving older people
- Authors:
- REED Jan, PAYTON Valerie Roskell
- Journal article citation:
- Health Care in Later Life, 1(1), 1996, pp.51-61.
Discusses some of the dilemmas faced by a research team in trying to conduct a research study in an ethical way that respected the perspectives of the older people studied. The article points out that the issues of power and control is particularly important when reaching with older people, who are an already marginalised and disempowered group. Gives an account of some of the strategies used to try to ensure that the study was not rigidly controlled by the researchers.