Williamson Graham R, Prosser Sue
Institute of Health Studies, University of Plymouth, Exeter, Devon, UK.
J Adv Nurs. 2002 Dec;40(5):587-93. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02416.x.
This paper contributes to an understanding of the political and ethical aspects of action research (AR).
Action research is growing in popularity in nursing and health care as a means of changing practice and generating new knowledge. As a methodology, AR relies on a close collaborative working relationship between researcher and participants, but this close relationship is also the source of political and ethical problems faced by researchers and participants.
We argue that action researchers and participants working in their own organizations should be clear about the extent to which they are engaged in a political activity, and that AR does not offer the same ethical guarantees concerning confidentiality and anonymity, informed consent, and protection from harm as other research methodologies (both quantitative and qualitative). This argument is illustrated by our experiences of participation in an AR study.
We outline three areas where AR is implicitly political, and three areas where it is ethically problematic. We recommend that researchers and participants recognize, discuss and negotiate these problematic areas before starting their work.
本文有助于理解行动研究（AR）的政治和伦理方面。
行动研究在护理和医疗保健领域越来越受欢迎，作为一种改变实践和产生新知识的手段。作为一种方法，行动研究依赖于研究者与参与者之间密切的合作工作关系，但这种密切关系也是研究者和参与者面临的政治和伦理问题的根源。
我们认为，在自己组织中工作的行动研究者和参与者应该清楚他们参与政治活动的程度，并且行动研究在保密和匿名、知情同意以及免受伤害方面，不像其他研究方法（包括定量和定性研究方法）那样提供相同的伦理保障。我们参与一项行动研究的经历说明了这一观点。
我们概述了行动研究在三个方面隐含着政治性，以及在三个方面存在伦理问题。我们建议研究者和参与者在开始工作之前认识、讨论并协商这些有问题的领域。
