Abstract

VELOSO, Luísa; FREIRE, João; OLIVEIRA, Luísa  and  LOPES, Noémia. Deontological and methodological questions regarding sociological research: the case of professions and the public interest. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2012, n.69, pp.87-98. ISSN 0873-6529.  https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP201269788.

The authors’ objective in this article is to reflect on a set of deontological and theoretical/methodological questions that face sociologists in the particular case of their research on professionals and professional associations. The starting point for this reflection was a 2008 study on the healthcare professions field, which is considered within the overall framework of some broader thoughts on the way in which sociologists work.

Keywords : research ethics; methodology; professions; professional associations.

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