Dr Tehseen Noorani tehseen.n.noorani@durham.ac.uk
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Participatory Research and the Medicalization of Research Ethics Processes
Noorani, Tehseen; Charlesworth, Andrew; Kite, Alison; McDermont, Morag
Authors
Andrew Charlesworth
Alison Kite
Morag McDermont
Abstract
This article illustrates how medicalized epistemologies and methodologies significantly influence the institutional ethical review processes applied to sociolegal research in law schools. It argues this development has elevated particular renderings of mental distress and objectivity to universal definitions, potentially placing a straitjacket on methodological innovation. The authors use two case studies from their experiences as researchers in a UK Law School, alongside a small-scale survey of sociolegal researchers in other UK law schools, to illustrate the problems that can arise in securing ethical approval for sociolegal research, in particular with participatory research designs that mobilize ideas of mental distress and objectivity not premised on conventional medical understandings. The article develops key proposals that the authors feel merit further inquiry. First, there should be a comprehensive evaluation of how the jurisdiction of ethical review for sociolegal research is established. Second, sociolegal scholarship can contribute to debates concerning the discursive, material and procedural constitution of institutional ethics approval processes. Finally, we might rethink the nature of, and relationship between, university-based research ethics committees and National Health Service research ethics committees, by placing both within wider ecologies of capacities for ethical decision-making.
Citation
Noorani, T., Charlesworth, A., Kite, A., & McDermont, M. (2017). Participatory Research and the Medicalization of Research Ethics Processes. Social and Legal Studies, 26(3), 378-400. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663916677561
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 12, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 21, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Jun 15, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 12, 2018 |
Journal | Social and Legal Studies |
Print ISSN | 0964-6639 |
Electronic ISSN | 1461-7390 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 378-400 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663916677561 |
Related Public URLs | http://hdl.handle.net/1983/64dcfcd4-e863-4167-84c4-f4fc6253d7b8 |
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Noorani, Tehseen, Charlesworth, Andrew, Kite, Alison & McDermont, Morag (2017). Participatory Research and the Medicalization of Research Ethics Processes. Social & Legal Studies 26(3): 378-400. Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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