title: Parental involvement in neonatal pain management: reflecting on the researcher-practitioner role.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this paper is to identify and explore some of the ethical and professional issues facing the clinical researcher-practitioner and to discuss how these were addressed in one particular study.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The author's experience of undertaking ethnographic research in the organisation in which she works as a nurse consultant highlighted a number of ethical and professional dilemmas. This paper discusses how some of these issues, particularly relating to informed consent, confidentiality, practice concerns and exploitation were addressed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Doctoral research (DMedSCi) with Sheffield University.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper discusses the ethical and professional dilemmas and some of the advantages associated with the researcher-practitioner role.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This paper identifies and discusses the need to: Remember who the research is about and whom it should benefit. Include a wide research team. Acknowledge the researcher's responsibility towards the participants. Identify and act on problems as they arise. IMPLICATION FOR RESEARCH/PRACTICE: The need to keep the participant as the focus of the research, to involve a wide research team and to reflect constantly on the process.
authors.affiliation: Jessop Wing Neonatal Unit, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK. caryl.skene@sth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Caryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Skene
mesh_terms: D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D026686:Beneficence; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics; D017283:Neonatal Nursing; D059408:Pain Management / Q000451:nursing; D024382:Professional Role; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D006113:United Kingdom