ABSTRACT
'Doing research
with lonely people'
Wendy Booth
British Journal of Learning Disabilities,
26(4), 1998, pp. 132-134.
Eleven years ago
Wendy Booth was involved in a research study that looked at the
effects of relocating people with learning difficulties from
long-stay institutions into less restrictive accommodation. She
became friends with one of the women who was moving and they
still each other often. Two subsequent research studies have
also left a legacy of people who phone or write to her on a regular
basis. This paper addresses the ethical implications of including
lonely people as partners in research.
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