Qualitative Research: Maintaining Confidentiality

Failure to protect subject’s personal information, is an example of not complying the above two principles in the research industry. Researchers are in a position of dealing with a great deal of very personal information that their participants have agreed to disclose. Depending on the type of study, personal identifiers such as names, birthdates, places of residence etc. may or may not have to be collected. In situations where these data are collected, researchers may take several steps to ensure the confidentiality of their participants’

Seidman (2013) identified a number of ways of maintaining a participant’s anonymity when conducting an interview. Consideration was give to these guidelines throughout the essay. The pseudonym ‘Chloe’ was used to refer to the interviewee for the purposes of the essay. Along with this, identifying details such have been removed or changed. The specific nature of the Chloe’s routine, activities and occupations have also been change, (Seidman, 2013). These precautions were made in order to disguise the participant’s identity and to help maintain confidentiality. The interview notes were stored

Castledine, G., 2010. Limitations of confidentiality, British Journal of Nursing, [e-journal] 19 (2), Available through: Anglia Ruskin University Library website [Ac

This study will not be anonymous as it requires us to collect names for the purpose of completing this research. For the purpose of this study, information will remain confidential. To ensure confidentiality, Non-involving persons or agencies will not have access to information collected to ensure confidentiality.

Everyone is entitled to confidentiality unless they give permission for someone else to see their information or they can no longer make decisions on their own (for example, if they are confused or comatose). A federal law, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act applies to most health care physicians and its guideline, known as the Privacy Rule. The Privacy Rule sets specific rules regarding privacy, access, and disclosure of information. For example, HIPAA specifies the following:

I will make sure that there will be no harm done to the participants, it is important that those that are partaking in the interview processes will not be physically or emotionally harmed (Bryman 135). One of the issues the participants may face is feeling that what they are telling me may or may not be anonymous or

In the article, “Confidentiality: Concept analysis and clinical application”, author Winifred Ellenchild, examines confidentiality from both a theoretical perspective using concept analysis and through the use of a clinically based empirical investigation. The author compared the two approaches and discussed the features, credentials, costs, empirical referents, and implications for clinical practice. The results discussed in the article are those provided through a research project involving participants’ definitions of confidentiality and confidentiality issues.

It is the responsibility of the researcher to balance the participant’s right to privacy with the scientific need to publish research results (Hohmann-Mariott, 2001). Confidentiality helps the researcher to maintain this balance, which is essential given the highly sensitive information that marital and family researchers encounter. One way to ensure the family’s confidentiality is to ask them to review the research study prior to publication. This allows them to suggest changes in details that may compromise their privacy and confidentiality.

The report focuses on a fictitious character, no reference to place names, services or related publications that are not available in the public domain will be made. This is in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code (2015) on confidentiality and anonymity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says health is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1946). Therefore “health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions” (WHO, 2015). These determinants of health are best seen in the rainbow model of health, see appendix 1 (Dahlgren and Whitehead, 1991). The report focuses on Rob, see appendix 2, who lives in a shared house in a small town in South Wales which will not be named. Within the report the ways the nurse can help Rob will be discussed.

In terms of the theoretical issues in qualitative research, the issue of insider-outsider has arisen as one of the debated topics for some recent scholars (e.g. Kanuha, 2000; Dwyer and Buckle, 2009). Historically, social researchers commonly agreed with the ‘separation of facts and values’ and the interdiction on employing values in assessing of truth permit research becoming objective (David and Sutton, 2004:17). Here an objective research refers to researcher objectively eliminate their own ‘gaze’ in the course or research. In this sense, researchers should be acted as an outsider who common attributes are shared by the research participants. Acknowledged by Fay (1996) that qualitative researchers as not being an insider during research are beneficial in term of assisting the understanding of the researched group, he further proposed that researchers as an outsider might be more sufficiently conceived the experience from the researched, might be more capable to recognise the broader perspective, and might be more obviously to view what is happening, since researchers as an insider are frequently intertwined with their own knowledge (Fay, 1996). Among the three chosen studies, Mandiuc (2014)’s study can be considered as an example of outsider researcher since she did not clearly explained whether she has any experiences of motherhood and/or on prostitution.

To ensure confidentiality and to protect the client’s personal information the interview between the client and I was conducted in a private room at Catholic Charities. Before conducting the interview I addressed confidentiality and assure the client that our conversation will remain confidential with the exceptions of child abuse, and if the client makes a serious threat to harm himself or another person. I explained confidentiality to the client verbally and visually. I handed the client a consent form and gave him a few minutes to read through it and sign. After he read the confidentiality form the client stated he had no further questions in regards to the consent form and he signed the form. A copy of the consent form

Confidentiality, privileged communication, and the duty to protect are important aspects of the social work world. All of these things, that I have found, coincide with our state laws and code of ethics main points. It is likely that they may have some discrepancies, but in the end, they follow the same central rule. Confidentiality, privileged communications and duty to protect is a huge aspect of being a social worker and when need to make sure that we are following the laws so that we do not get in trouble or a malpractice case filed.

Within this assignment there will be a clear demonstration and understanding of the concept of research in relation to the acquisition of underpinning knowledge appropriate to my programme of study. I will also be undertaking a comparative analysis of the nature and validity of quantitative and qualitative research methods. I will also be demonstrating skills in critical analysis of methods of data collection and selection of appropriate methods to informing future working practice. I will also be analyse the ethical considerations in relation to the development and undertaking of research.

The popular belief among our society has always been “Parents know what's best”. While their kids are young, parents know how to make their medical decisions for them. Parents know what's best for their children, they know how to keep them safe and healthy. However, their children soon turn into teenagers who should be trusted to make their own choices regarding their health care. They’re no longer the children they once were; they can comprehend the extension of every decision they make. Services and treatments should not be restricted to them because of their age or need for parental consent. Teenagers should be given confidential health care and should be trusted to make the choices that regard themselves. They should be allowed the privacy from everyone, including their parents make those choices.

This paper will look at the principles of confidentiality, ethical theories, and a presented case study on the Z family and the practitioners’ ethical decisions. It will provide a better understanding of how moral and ethical situations can be approached by the practitioner, and giving examples and theories that can be put into practice in difficult decisions.