Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences

Tackles the question of research design in health and exercise, placing ethics at the centre of the research project. Presenting theoretical analysis and discussing key practical concerns, the book also offers guidance in the preparation of proposals to institutional review boards.

Mike McNamee is Reader in the Centre for Philosophy, Humanities and Law in Health Care at the University of Wales Swansea. Steve Olivier is Professor of Sport and Exercise Science and Head of the School of Social and Health Sciences at the University of Abertay Dundee. Paul Wainwright is Professor of Nursing in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences at Kingston University and St George's, University of London.

1. Why Does Research Need to be Regulated? A Selective History of Research Ethics Abuses 2. What's in a Name? Ethics, Ethical Theories and Research Ethics 3. Research Governance, the Ethics Review and Approval Processes 4. Informed Consent and Respectful Research: Why "Tick-Box Consent" is Not Good Enough 5. Whose Datum is it Anyway? Anonymity, Confidentiality and Privacy 6. Research Misconduct: Authorship, Fraud, Plagiarism and Blowing the Whistle on It 7. Ethics in Qualitative Research 8. Research Ethics and Vulnerable Populations 9. Does One Size Fit All? Ethics in Transcultural Research 10. Research and Society: Is Bad Research Ethics Ipso Facto Bad Research?