Challenges of recruiting a vulnerable population in a grounded theory study

Recruitment is a crucial and fundamental part of research and one that poses various degrees of difficulty. This is particularly so when the area of research is one that is either highly sensitive, or that involves participants who are deemed to be particularly vulnerable. This article explores the...

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Published in:Nursing & health sciences 2001-12, Vol.3 (4), p.205-211
Main Authors: Chiang, Vico C., Keatinge, Diana, Williams, Ann K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Clinical Nursing Research - standards
Critical Illness
Ethics
grounded theory
Humans
informed consent
Models, Theoretical
Nursing
Patient Selection
primary selection
recruitment
rigor
Social Responsibility
theoretical sampling
vulnerability
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Summary:Recruitment is a crucial and fundamental part of research and one that poses various degrees of difficulty. This is particularly so when the area of research is one that is either highly sensitive, or that involves participants who are deemed to be particularly vulnerable. This article explores the inherent tensions in matters of participant recruitment among meeting the demands of institutional ethics committees, satisfying the concerns of clinicians in the field and the need to maintain methodological rigor. A postgraduate research student’s experience of these tensions underpins the discussion. The article concludes with an outline of the student’s strategies and resolution of these issues.
ISSN:1441-0745
1442-2018
DOI:10.1046/j.1442-2018.2001.00090.x