Critiquing the ethical aspects of a study.
The task of critiquing the ethical aspects of a study is complicated by convention. Research reports are written in a standardised way that may lead to ethical issues being ignored or mentioned only in passing ( 1 ). This can leave room for author and reader to make vastly different assumptions. The reader of a research paper must leant to recognise aspects of the research process which may be in conflict with accepted research ethics.
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