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Title: Wicked problems’, community engagement and the need for an implementation science for research ethics.
Authors: Lavery, J. V.
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher: Journal of Medical Ethics
Citation: Lavery, J. V. (2018). Wicked problems’, community engagement and the need for an implementation science for research ethics. Journal of Medical Ethics, 44(3), 163–164.
Abstract: Commentary. ---- In 1973, Rittel and Webber coined the term ‘wicked problems’, which they viewed as pervasive in the context of social and policy planning.1 Wicked problems have 10 defining characteristics: (1) they are not amenable to definitive formulation; (2) it is not obvious when they have been solved; (3) solutions are not true or false, but good or bad; (4) there is no immediate, or ultimate, test of a solution; (5) every implemented solution is consequential, it leaves traces that cannot be undone; (6) there are no criteria to prove that all potential solutions have been identified and considered; (7) every wicked problem is essentially unique; (8) every wicked problem can be considered to be a symptom of another problem; (9) a wicked problem can be explained in numerous ways and the choice of explanation determines what will count as a solution and (10) the actors are liable for the consequences of the actions they generate.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2016-103573
https://erepository.fmesinstitute.org/handle/123456789/729
metadata.fmes.numPages: 163-164
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