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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: invisible ethnographer
    sub title: trust, ethics, and community creation in a digital bereavement group during COVID-19
  name:
    name part: Oliphant, Allyson E.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Case studies.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2022
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many programs and services transitioned online to continue to provide care. This was true of a Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) grief and bereavement group situated in Ontario, Canada. Research was conducted on the impact and efficacy of this bereavement group with respect to how participants generate meaning following a psychosocial intervention such as this. This research implements a mixed-methods approach to data collection with an ethnographic focus due to the researcher's training and background in medical anthropology. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this group made a rapid transition from an in-person group to an online environment, affecting the methods that had been initially considered for data collection. Many lessons were learned during the research process, most notably the challenges and successes associated with building trust, obtaining ongoing consent, and the similarities and differences between a virtual and "in the field" observational environment. The researcher determined that trust-building involves a complex system of transparency and sincerity, while technological supports such as the use of multiple computer monitors to view all participants simultaneously while recording detailed "in the moment" notes rather than retrospective note-taking create a unique observational environment for the researcher. Ongoing consent became a topic of significance due to the "invisible" nature of a virtual observer and involved novel ethical considerations as a result of COVID-19. These considerations provided insight into the research process during COVID-19, and how these methods can be implemented into the future in a way that is ethical and supports a sense of community between the participants and the researcher in a population that may be perceived as vulnerable.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Allyson E. Oliphant.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-cn---
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
    geographic: Ontario
    geographic: Canada
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Internet research
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Self-help groups
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Internet dans la recherche
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Groupes d'entraide
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Ethnology
  subject:
    topic: Internet research
  subject:
    topic: Self-help groups
  classification: ZA4228 .O45 2022
  classification: 001.4202854678
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SAGE research methods: doing research online
  identifier: 9781529600902
  identifier: 1529600901
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: SGPBL
    record creation date: 220207
    record change date: 20240923170519.1
    record identifier: in00005496248
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng