Understanding the ethical principles and guidelines that influence research is imperative for every researcher and professional working in healthcare. In order to achieve this understanding, one must first determine the meaning of ethics, and how it applies to one's discipline. The following will address the essentials of research ethics and how these essentials apply to quantitative and qualitative research studies. Research ethics are defined by Aita and Richer (2005) as "the moral problems encountered in connection …showed first 75 words of 1321 total…

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