Batchelor J A, Briggs C M
School of Social Sciences, University of Bath, England.
Soc Sci Med. 1994 Oct;39(7):949-54. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90206-2.
In this paper we address an important but sadly neglected area; namely some of the ethical issues which arise for social and medical researchers in the course of their work. Our concern is for a wide spectrum of researchers using the full range of social research methods from small-scale in-depth qualitative work through to large scale quantitative studies. The unifying factor is that they all have an element of contact and hence the potential for interaction between the researcher and the subject. In our experience (with the exception of some ethnographers) few if any social researchers will have had adequate training about the interactional aspects of their work. As a result they are unprepared for the ethical dilemmas and conflict of loyalties which they might experience. To understand these issues it is important to look at the context within which such research is undertaken.
在本文中，我们探讨了一个重要但不幸被忽视的领域，即社会和医学研究人员在工作过程中出现的一些伦理问题。我们关注的是广泛的研究人员，他们使用从小规模深度定性研究到大规模定量研究的全范围社会研究方法。统一的因素是，他们都有接触的环节，因此研究人员与研究对象之间存在互动的可能性。根据我们的经验（除了一些人种志学者外），几乎没有社会研究人员接受过关于其工作中互动方面的充分培训。因此，他们对可能遇到的伦理困境和忠诚冲突毫无准备。要理解这些问题，重要的是审视进行此类研究的背景。
