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Access or egress? Questioning the 'ethics' of ethics committee review for an ethnographic doctoral research study in a childbirth setting

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dc.contributor.authorNewnham, E.C.
dc.contributor.authorPincombe, J.
dc.contributor.authorMcKellar, L.V.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we discuss the principal difficulties in gaining ethics approval for an ethnographic midwifery doctoral research project in a hospital setting in South Australia. The research focus is on the various personal, social, institutional and cultural influences on women making a choice about whether or not to use epidural analgesia in labour. The obstacles encountered in gaining human research ethics committee (HREC) approval are discussed within the wider context of the benefits of ethnography as a research methodology, as well as the potential consequences to ethnography when assessed by quantitative research standards. By sharing our experience, we add to the current literature debating the "ethics" of ethics committee review in qualitative research approval. Engaging with the academic debate surrounding "ethics creep" - the increasing jurisdiction of ethics committees over research design - we consider the possibility of moving beyond principle-based ethics towards an ethical theory that more fully addresses the complexities of ethnographic research.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Doctoral Studies, 2013; 8:121-136
dc.identifier.doi10.28945/1895
dc.identifier.issn1556-8881
dc.identifier.issn1556-8873
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/154042
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforming Science Institute
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.28945/1895
dc.subjectdoctoral studies
dc.subjectethnography
dc.subjectmidwifery
dc.subjectqualitative research
dc.subjectResearch ethics
dc.titleAccess or egress? Questioning the 'ethics' of ethics committee review for an ethnographic doctoral research study in a childbirth setting
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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