Series foreword
Introduction
1 Key terms
Moral judgements/morality
Ethics
Ethical frameworks
Consequentialist approaches
Principlist approaches
Ethics of care
Virtue ethics
Ethical regulation
Ethical guidelines
Informed consent
Capacity
Duty of confidentiality
Anonymity
Risk
2 Thinking ethically: approaches to research ethics
Introduction
The development of contemporary research ethics
Ethical decision-making
Ethical frameworks
Legal, regulatory and professional frameworks
Professional ethical guidelines
Ethical regulation
Legal regulation
Making ethical decisions
Summary
3 Informed consent
Introduction
Providing information
Encouraging participation: incentives,
encouragement and acknowledgement
Recording consent
Consent in online research
Capacity to consent
Summary
4 Anonymity and confidentiality
Introduction
Confidentiality
Breaking confidentiality
Accidental disclosures
'Off the record' comments
Anonymisation
Identification
Visual data and anonymisation
Summary
5 Risk and safety
Introduction
Risks for research participants