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Can you recommend resources on ethics, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality and anonymity in qualitative research?

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The following chapters in books give good coverage on key ethical aspects to consider in qualitative research.

Flanagan, J., & Beck, C. T. (2025). Chapter 7: Ethics in nursing research. In Polit and Beck’s nursing research : generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice (12th ed., pp. 130-151). Wolters Kluwer.

Holloway, I., & Galvin, K. (2017). Chapter 4: Ethical issues. In Qualitative research in nursing and healthcare (4th ed., pp. 51-71). John Wiley & Sons Inc.

LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (2026). Appraising legal and ethical issues. In Nursing research : methods and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice (11th ed., pp.41-54.). Elsevier.

Water, T. & Godbold, R. (2014). Chapter 12: Ethics. In V.A. Wright-St. Clair et al. (Eds.). Evidence-based health practice. (pp.151-163). Oxford University Press.

Wiles, R. (2012). What are qualitative research ethics? (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781849666558