São José, JoséTeixeira, Ana Rita2014-03-132014-03-1320131-4438-4745-3AUT: JSJ02103;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3632This chapter intends to reveal the "ethical crossroads" found by two ethnographers in their fieldwork involving observations of the "care encounters" which take place at elders’ homes, as well as to describe and discuss the decisions that were taken in order to advance in the research process. Based on their fieldwork experiences, the authors conclude that they are in favour of a model of research ethics regulation which is flexible, inclusive (taking into account the perspectives of all intervenient actors in the research process), sensitive to all research methods, and confident in the "ethical sensitivity" of the researchers and professional organisations.engEthicsSocial sciencesbook part