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Informed Consent and the Limits of Confidentiality

Lois A. Haggerty

Boston College School of Nursing

Joellen Hawkins

Boston College School of Nursing

Investigators encounter many legal and ethical issues when they conduct research on partner abuse. Balancing abused women’s rights to privacy with legally mandated reporting requirements involves considerable thought and planning. Failure to protect participants may result in escalation of abuse as well as loss of children to protective services. Various perspectives on maintaining participant privacy while conforming to legal mandates to report child abuse, homicidality, and suicidality are discussed. The role of confidentiality certificates in providing legal immunity for researchers and the method of obtaining the certificates are presented. In addition, the authors describe the strategies for participant protection that are implemented in a federally funded study of abuse, women’s self-care, and pregnancy outcomes. The decision to clearly and specifically inform abused women of the limits of confidentiality allows participants to make informed decisions about disclosures, but may result in diminished recruitment.

Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 22, No. 4, 508-514 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/01939450022044557
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