Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia

Australia's policy of mandatory indefinite detention of those seeking asylum and arriving without valid documents has led to terrible human rights abuses and cumulative deterioration in health for those incarcerated. We argue that there is an imperative to research and document the plight of th...

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Main Authors: Zion, D., Briskman, Linda, Loff, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23505
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description Australia's policy of mandatory indefinite detention of those seeking asylum and arriving without valid documents has led to terrible human rights abuses and cumulative deterioration in health for those incarcerated. We argue that there is an imperative to research and document the plight of those who have suffered at the hands of the Australian government and its agents. However, the normal tools available to those engaged in health research may further erode the rights and well being of this population, requiring a rethink of existing research ethics paradigms to approaches that foster advocacy research and drawing on the voices of those directly affected, including those bestowed with duty of care for this population.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-235052017-09-13T16:03:34Z Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia Zion, D. Briskman, Linda Loff, B. research ethics asylum seekers informed consent Australia's policy of mandatory indefinite detention of those seeking asylum and arriving without valid documents has led to terrible human rights abuses and cumulative deterioration in health for those incarcerated. We argue that there is an imperative to research and document the plight of those who have suffered at the hands of the Australian government and its agents. However, the normal tools available to those engaged in health research may further erode the rights and well being of this population, requiring a rethink of existing research ethics paradigms to approaches that foster advocacy research and drawing on the voices of those directly affected, including those bestowed with duty of care for this population. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23505 10.1080/15265160903469310 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC restricted
spellingShingle research ethics
asylum seekers
informed consent
Zion, D.
Briskman, Linda
Loff, B.
Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia
title Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia
title_full Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia
title_fullStr Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia
title_full_unstemmed Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia
title_short Returning to History: The Ethics of Researching Asylum Seeker Health in Australia
title_sort returning to history: the ethics of researching asylum seeker health in australia
topic research ethics
asylum seekers
informed consent
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23505