Nurse Researcher
′Pranee Liamputtong has offered a well organized, clear and accessible work in Researching the Vulnerable…this book can offer very good guidance to the postgraduate student who is willing to focus in qualitative research methods, but also to an experienced researcher who may consider testing out its procedures or eventually is attempting to put into practice innovative qualitative research procedures′ – Sociological Research Online
Researching Vunerable People takes as its starting point the particular considerations and sensitivities of being a researcher faced with a subject group at the margins of society, and explores the ethical, practical and methodological implications of working with such groups.
Pranee Liamputtong is an experienced textbook author, and in this book she attempts to explore qualitative methods using examples, drawn from around the world, from the wide variety of contexts that might count as ′researching the vulnerable′. Numerous salient points for the conduct of research within vulnerable groups of people, including ethical and moral issues, are considered, and discussed in the context of sensitive and innovative research methods.
Table of Content
The Sensitive ResearcherIntroduction to Researching Vulnerable People
Moral and Ethical Issues In Researching Vulnerable People
The Vulnerable Research Participants
Procedural Sensibilities
The Sensitive and Vulnerable Researcher
Traditional Interviewing Research Methods Appropriate for Researching Vulnerable People
Flexible and Collaborative Investigative Methods
Innovative and Alternative Research Methods in Consideration
(Re)Presentation of Vulnerable Voices
Writing Research Findings
A Closing Word…For Now