Research Ethics in Exercise, Health » (NEW)

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.

Research Ethics in Exercise, Health and Sports Sciences puts ethics at the centre of research in these rapidly expanding fields of knowledge. Placing the issues in historical context, and using informative case studies, the authors examine how moral theory can guide research design, education, and governance. As well as theoretical analysis, key practical concerns are critically discussed, including:

• informed consent


• anonymity, confidentiality and privacy


• plagiarism, misappropriation of authorship, research fraud and ‘whistleblowing’


• ethics in qualitative research


• vulnerable populations


• trans-cultural research.

Providing an accessible and robust theoretical framework for ethical practice, this book challenges students, researchers and supervisors to adopt a more informed and proactive approach to ethics in exercise, health and sports research. This insightful text will be of great interest to those taking a kinesiology, human movement, sport science or sport studies degree course.

Series editors' preface     ix
Preface and acknowledgements     xi
Introduction     1
Why does research need to be regulated? A selective history of research ethics abuses     7
What's in a name? Ethics, ethical theories and research ethics     29
Research governance: the ethics review and approval processes     49
Respectful research: why 'tick-box consent' is not good enough     67
Whose datum is it anyway? Anonymity, confidentiality and privacy     91
Scientific misconduct: authorship, plagiarism and fraud, and blowing the whistle on it     108
Ethics in qualitative research     130
Research ethics and vulnerable populations     149
Does one size fit all? Ethics in transcultural research     165
Research and society: is bad science ipso facto bad ethics?     181
Notes     196
References     202
Index     216