Ethical Considerations in Research with Vulnerable Populations: A Response to Slaughter et al. (2007)

This article response discusses the vulnerable population presented in Slaughter et al. (2007) and the ethical issues in conducting research with them. It also identifies the strategies utilized by researchers to protect the core principles of ethical research and evaluates their adequacy.

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Question 5............................................................................................................................2
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Question 1.
Identify the vulnerable population presented in your article that require special legal or ethical
research considerations. Explain why they require these special considerations.
Slaughter et al. (2007) in the article entitled “Consent and assent to participate in
research from people with dementia” presents the people who have been suffering from
dementia. The subjects of the research might be termed to be vulnerable people due to the fact
that they might need the help of the various researchers in order to deal with the medical
condition that they might have been facing in their lives. Thus, they might be requiring the
special considerations on the part of the researchers. The special considerations might also be
implemented by the concerned researchers in order to avoid incorrect results of the study.
Question 2.
Identify the ethical issues in conducting research with the identified vulnerable group.
The ethical issues that are related to the conduction of the research with the people
suffering from dementia might lead to the conditions that are related to the various problems that
are related to the recruitment of the concerned people who have been suffering from the
cognitive impairments thereby leading to the conditions wherein the progress of the research
might be hampered. The ethical issues that are associated with the researches on the people with
dementia might also relate to the conditions wherein the concerned respondents might not be
able to provide proper responses thereby leading to the fallacies within the research.
Question 3.
What basic ethical principle(s) is at risk of being jeopardized?

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The researches that include the various people who have been suffering from the
condition dementia might face a huge number of ethical issues. These various ethical issues
might include the factors that pertain to the increase of the minor increment in the various
minimal risks that are related to the dealings with the people suffering from dementia. The
concerned ethical issues that are involved with the researches are the factors that pertain to their
inability to respond to the various questions that the concerned researchers might be asking the
concerned respondents.
Question 4.
Describe the strategies that researchers have utilized to ensure that the core principles of ethical
research are protected when doing research with this group.
The strategies that were adopted by the concerned researcher in order to deal with the
various matters that pertain to the informed consent of the people who have been suffering from
the disease of dementia. This might help in the matters that pertain the solution of the ethical
issues that might arise due to the factors that pertain to the uninformed consent of the concerned
respondents who might be considered to be the major people on whom the study has been based.
The researchers might also be advised to take the consent from the concerned representatives
who might be employed to give the consent or respond on behalf of the respondents.
Question 5.
In your opinion, are the strategies identified adequate to uphold the core principles of ethical
research? Explain.
The strategies that have been identified within the concerned research undertaken by
Slaughter et al. (2007) seem to be adequate in order to uphold the core principles that are

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required to conduct the various researches with the people who have been suffering from
dementia. The informed consent of the people suffering from dementia might help in the matters
that are related to the ethical factors that need to be considered within the concerned field of
research. The other factors that have been discussed within the research article in discussion
might also help in the factors that are related to the ethical issues that are related to the researches
in the concerned field.

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Reference
Slaughter, S., Cole, D., Jennings, E., & Reimer, M. A. (2007). Consent and assent to participate
in research from people with dementia. Nursing Ethics, 14(1), 27-40. (Slaughter et al., 2007)