TY - JOUR TI - Carrying Out Research Among Persons with Disabilities and their Relatives – Selected Ethical Issues AU - Sałkowska, Marta TI - Carrying Out Research Among Persons with Disabilities and their Relatives – Selected Ethical Issues AB - The paper tackles issues related to selected both ethical and practical aspects of conducting research among persons with disabilities and their relatives that constitute a vulnerable social group. The author analyzes its consequences in the research process, discusses the significance of the research problem undertaken both for the development of academic knowledge and for research participants, and analyzes the conditions for obtaining informed consent. Limits of sociological interview and researcher’s engagement are also discussed. This article is a translated and modified version of the text that was published in the previous issue of “Zoon Politikon”. See: Marta Sałkowska, Wybrane etyczne aspekty realizacji badań wśród osób z niepełnosprawnościami i ich bliskich, "Zoon Politikon" (8) 2017, DOI: 10.4467/2543408XZOP.17.003.9267.  VL - 2018 IS - Special Issue 2018 PY - 2018 SN - 2082-7806 C1 - 2543-408X SP - 200 EP - 217 DO - 10.4467/2543408XZOP.18.010.10066 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zoon-politikon/artykul/carrying-out-research-among-persons-with-disabilities-and-their-relatives-selected-ethical-issues KW - Ethics KW - vulnerable social group KW - persons with disabilities KW - qualitative research