Resources: Review - The ethical dilemmas of child research

Alderson and Morrow's book begins, appropriately, with an insightfuldiscussion about children's rights and initiatives about listening tochildren.

Ten high impact chapters follow on core ethical issues, which aresuccinct, readable and laid out in easily navigated sections. Eachsection has helpful boxes to draw attention to important information,while each chapter poses challenging questions encouraging the reader tothink about policy, practice and ethical issues.

The second section of the book looks at the ethics of datacollection.

It deals with matters adults often overlook but are very important tochildren. The authors discuss the participation of children and youngpeople in a sensitive way, referring to them as consultants rather thaninterviewees. There is a strong sense of respecting and valuing theyoung participants throughout. The chapter on consent is the best partof the book and should be compulsory reading for anyone involved inresearch with children and young people.