Bureaucracy and Beyond
The Impact of Ethics and Governance Procedures on Health Research in the Social Sciences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642416 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Reed (0000-0003-0815-1973, University of Sheffield) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 80-84 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.1627 |
| OpenAlex | W2065047369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 9 |
This piece has been written in response to a recent article published in the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) which exposed the red tape restricting health research in the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Whilst the THES article was critical of NHS ethical review and research governance, it still views a streamlined version of the process as necessary for the protection of researchers and respondents. Drawing on the recent experience of applying for ethical approval and research governance for a qualitative study on gender and genetics, this paper examines the review process and the restrictive paperwork and procedures that surround it, focusing in particular on the impact this has on social science research. The argument will be put forward that while all research, whether clinical or social, is hampered by the bureaucracy surrounding the review process, social research is further alienated by it. This is because the paperwork and processes involved are set up to evaluate clinical, not social, research. Furthermore, the process is caught up in a culture of fear that breeds mistrust towards 'outsiders' wishing to conduct research in the NHS. The revision of NHS ethical review has to go further than mere bureaucratic streamlining - it needs to be made more relevant and accessible to health researchers working across a range of disciplines
Bureaucracy · Corporate governance · Engineering ethics · Management · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Research ethics · Social research · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Ethics in Clinical Research · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Law · Medicine · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
The ESRC's 2010 Framework for Research Ethics
Seeking university Research Ethics Committee approval
Moralism and research ethics
Regulating Social Research
Regulating the disenfranchised
Covert Ethnography in Criminology
"Why didn't we do it"? Reproductive loss and the problem of post-mortem consent
Making men matter
The Spectre of Research Ethics and Governance and the ESRC's 2010 FRE
Data Protection in Sociological Health Research
It's them faulty genes again
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,65 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2023 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |