Ethics in qualitative research.
OBJECTIVE
To critically examine ethical issues in qualitative research.


METHODS
The ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, and justice are guides for researchers to address initial and ongoing tensions between the needs and goals of the research and the rights of participants.


METHODS
Research literature, ethics literature, and researcher experiences.


CONCLUSIONS
Ethical principles can be used to guide the research in addressing the initial and ongoing issues arising from qualitative research in order to meet the goals of the research as well as to maintain the rights of the research participants.
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School of Nursing, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box 1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845. orba@nursing.curtin.edu.au
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Wynaden
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D000533:Altruism; D003625:Data Collection; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005610:Freedom; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D012935:Social Justice