title: Ethical regulation and humanities research in Australia: problems and consequences.
abstract: This paper argues that recent ethics research guidelines fit poorly onto the kinds of research undertaken in the humanities, where a research conversation often forms a distinctive method of investigation that has no scientific equivalent. The NH&MRC ethics guidelines pay little attention to the issues raised in humanities and social science research. Also, ethics committees are constituted primarily to look at ethical issues that arise from medical and scientific research, causing extra problems for those in the humanities and social sciences.
authors.affiliation: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cribb
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D035841:Behavioral Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D028744:Ethics Committees, Research; D032984:Ethics, Research; D033161:Government Regulation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006809:Humanities; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012942:Social Sciences