Research Ethics Review

Social Care and Social Science Research and the Mental Capacity Act 2005

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ID12902249
AutoresJonathan Parker (0000-0002-3817-4781, Bournemouth University, autor correspondente), Bridget Penhale (0000-0002-8487-0606), David Stanley (0000-0001-7767-5442, Northumbria University)
Ano2011
Volume5
Fascículo4
Páginas380-400
Data de publicação2011-06-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2011.594448
OpenAlexW1981462086
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas30

This paper considers concerns that social care research may be stifled by health-focused ethical scrutiny under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the requirement for an ‘appropriate body’ to determine ethical approval for research involving people who are deemed to lack capacity under the Act to make decisions concerning their participation and consent in research. The current study comprised an online survey of current practice in university research ethics committees (URECs), and explored through semi-structured interviews the views of social researchers engaged in or exploring work concerning people who may, under the Act, lack the capacity to make decisions to consent to participate in a research programme. The paper concludes that there was a lack of overt knowledge of and reference to the implications of the Act for research and some concerns that a restrictive focus on health-related scrutiny might prevent social care research from taking place. There was also a degree of creativity shown by social care researchers in responding to changing demands and a wish to assist people in making decisions to participate where possible

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