Comparing Ethical Considerations: Informed Consent and Confidentiality

This report examines the ethical considerations of informed consent and confidentiality in research. It begins by defining informed consent, emphasizing the need for participants to be fully aware of the research's purpose. It then defines confidentiality, stressing the importance of protecting participant data through secure measures. The report compares these two ethical aspects, highlighting the need to balance providing participants with comprehensive information while safeguarding their personal details. The conclusion summarizes the key ethical challenges, particularly the avoidance of bias, and suggests compliance with data protection laws as a method for addressing ethical dilemmas. The report references relevant literature to support its analysis.

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CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

Title: Comparing two ethical considerations associated with the research.
INTRODUCTION
This study will mainly focus on comparing and evaluating the two ethical considerations
associated with the research. This study will mainly focus on comparing informed consent and
confidentiality ethical consideration of research. Moreover, this essay also focuses on taking
relevant corrective actions by the researcher to work in an ethical manner.
MAIN BODY
Informed consent ethical consideration of research
Informed consent tends to demonstrate that, person who has been taking part within the research
must be fully informed associated with the research which they are going to carry out.
Participants must be completely aware regarding the purpose of project (Aasen, 2015).
Confidentiality ethical consideration of research
Confidentiality tends to state that, complete confidentiality of the participants must be ensured
and protected using encrypted security. Identifying information has been significantly excluded
in the published document or within the report.
Comparing informed consent and confidentiality ethical consideration of research
Confidentiality of the participants must be ensured by protecting personal information of the
participants (Alahmad, Al Jumah and Dierickx, 2015). Also on the contrary, informed consent to
the participants has been ensured. This is useful in giving all relevant information to the
participants related with research.
CONCLUSION
From the conducted study it has been summarized that, the key ethical issues which has been
faced by the researcher is to avoid any sort of unethical form of biases within the research.
Complying with the general data protection act and other laws is an effective action to resolve
ethical dilemma in research study.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Aasen, E.M., 2015. A comparison of the discursive practices of perception of patient
participation in haemodialysis units. Nursing ethics. 22(3). pp.341-351.
Alahmad, G., Al Jumah, M. and Dierickx, K., 2015. Confidentiality, informed consent, and
children's participation in research involving stored tissue samples: interviews with medical
professionals from the Middle East. Narrative inquiry in bioethics. 5(1). pp.53-66.
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