Ethics of Nursing Research

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23792537
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental nursing
• Research Institution: National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: MATSUI Kenji 独立行政法人国立循環器病研究センター, 研究開発基盤センター, 室長 (60431764)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 看護研究 / 研究倫理 / 倫理指針 / 倫理原則 / 発表倫理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Following characteristics of nursing research were found: major types of research are observational with questionnaires; the frequency of conducting qualitative and quantitative studies is equivalent; the frequency of conducting studies involving biomaterials or physical harms is low; and the majority of subjects are competent patients or medical professionals or students. A theoretical analysis didn’t support a claim that ethical principles for nursing research should differ from those for medical research. Reviewing the historical process of how the ethics framework of nursing research in the US had been developed has demonstrated that it is structured on the basis of the common framework shared in medical research; while the framework in Japan has evolved in its own unique way by merging the ethical principles for medical research and nursing practice. Consequently, the Japanese ethics framework of nursing research was found to end up with difficult ethical problems in justice.

Free Research Field

研究倫理学、医療倫理学