Book review: The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics
| Published date | 01 September 2018 |
| Date | 01 September 2018 |
| Author | Carol Quadrelli |
| DOI | 10.1177/1035719X18796895 |
| Subject Matter | Book review |
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Ron Iphofen & Martin Tolich, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics. London,
England: SAGE, 2018. ISBN 9781526448705 (hbk); 584 pp.
Reviewed by: Carol Quadrelli, Higher Education Consultant, Australia
The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Ethics (hereafter referred to as the
Handbook) is 584 pages of pure gold and addresses concerns often raised by evalua-
tors. The editors, Ron Iphofen and Martin Tolich, are renowned experts in the field of
ethics. Ron Iphofen, an independent research consultant, is also a fellow of the UK
Academy of Social Sciences, the Higher Education Academy and the Royal Society of
Medicine. Ron is the founding executive editor of the gerontology journal Quality in
Ageing and Older Adults. He published Ethical Decision Making in Social Research:
A Practical Guide (2009/2011) and is the executive editor of Advances in Research
Ethics and Integrity. Martin Tolich is an associate professor at the University of Otago,
New Zealand, teaching research ethics and research methods in the sociology depart-
ment. In 2012, he was awarded a blue skies 3-year Marsden Grant from the Royal
Society of New Zealand to study tensions around ethics review (Research Ethics
Boards) and Indigenous (Māori) consultation. His recent publications include Planning
Ethically Responsible Research, The Politicisation of Research Ethics in New Zealand,
Dunmore, Auckland; he is the editor of Qualitative Ethics in Practice (2015,
Routledge). In addition to the Handbook, a fourth edition of Social Science Research
in New Zealand (with Carl Davidson) is also due out in 2018.
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