Crossing the Divide between Theory and Practice

Research and an Ethic of Care

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12901808
AutoresLizzie Ward (0000-0002-4158-2030, University of Brighton, autor correspondente), Beatrice Gahagan (Concern Worldwide UK)
Ano2010
Volume4
Fascículo2
Páginas210-216
Data de publicação2010-06-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2010.484264
OpenAlexW2095550988
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas20
Referências citadas9

This paper explores the application of ethic of care principles to research practice. It reflects on a research partnership between a voluntary-sector organisation (VSO) for older people and a university research centre (URC). The focus is a participatory research project on older people and well-being in which older volunteers were involved as co-researchers. The shared values of the VSO's culture of practice and the participatory approach of the university researchers have enabled joint research projects to be developed within an ethic of care framework. The model sought to break down the barriers between expert and lay knowledge and encouraged the mutual recognition, sharing and validating of different areas of expertise. An ethic of care framework offers context-specific ways of understanding and responding to the ethical challenges of undertaking participatory research, and to the relational aspects of well-being identified by older people during the course of the work

Citizen journalism · Context (archaeology · Engineering ethics · Ethics of care · General partnership · Participatory action research · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Mental Health and Patient Involvement