Survey Research in Bioethics

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Advances in Bioethics

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Title:	Survey Research in Bioethics
Author(s):	G. Caleb Alexander, Matthew K. Wynia
Volume:	11 Editor(s): Liva Jacoby, Laura A. Siminoff ISBN: 978-0-7623-1266-5 eISBN: 978-1-84950-383-9
Citation:	G. Caleb Alexander, Matthew K. Wynia (2007), Survey Research in Bioethics, in Liva Jacoby, Laura A. Siminoff (ed.) Empirical Methods for Bioethics: A Primer (Advances in Bioethics, Volume 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.139-160
DOI:	10.1016/S1479-3709(07)11007-4 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	Surveys about ethically important topics, when successfully conducted and analyzed, can offer important contributions to bioethics and, more broadly, to health policy and clinical care. But there is a dynamic interplay between the quantitative nature of surveys and the normative theories that survey data challenge and inform. Careful attention to the development of an appropriate research question and survey design can be the difference between an important study that makes fundamental contributions and one that is perceived as irrelevant to ethical analysis, health policy, or clinical practice. This chapter presents ways to enhance the rigor and relevance of surveys in bioethics through careful planning and attentiveness in survey development, fielding, and analysis and presentation of data.