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Wrong Assumptions


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TitleWrong Assumptions
Publication TypeCase Study
Year of Publication1990
AuthorsKeith-Spiegel, Patricia, and Koocher Gerald P.
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
Keywords(behavioral , (children , adolescents); , and , Consent: , Consent; , Deception; , Disclosure , Human Research Subjects , Informed , Informed Consent , Minors , Passive , PSYCHOLOGY , QUALITATIVE , research , science) , SOCIAL , Survey , Vulnerable Populations
Abstract

Researchers employ a method of passive consent in requesting permission from parents to survey their children regarding sensitive family issues. The authors present this case as an example of poor research practices.

Notes

Gerald P. Koocher and Patricia C. Keith-Spiegel, Children, Ethics, and the Law: Professional Issues and Cases, University of Nebraska Press, 1990.

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