Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery

By
  • Elizabeth Cluett, PhD, MSc, RM, RGN, PGCEA, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • Rosalind Bluff, PhD, SRN, SCM, MTD, CertEd(FE), Former Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Written by authors with clinical and research experience, this book is intended for midwives and student midwives participating in Diploma, Advanced Diploma and first level degree programmes. It aims to increase research awareness and develop the skills of critical appraisal of research evidence that are essential to evidence based practice.

Audience
Midwifery practitioners; student midwives; midwives undertaking further education

Paperback, 308 Pages

Published: May 2006

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

ISBN: 978-0-443-10194-6

Contents

  • Introduction

    Chapter 1 From Practice to Research

    Chapter 2 Evidence Based Practice

    Chapter 3 Experimental Research

    Chapter 4 Surveys

    Chapter 5 An Introduction to Statistics in Midwifery Research

    Chapter 6 Grounded Theory

    Chapter 7 Ethnography

    Chapter 8 Phenomenology

    Chapter 9 Alternative Approaches to Research

    Chapter 10 Interviewing in Qualitative Research

    Chapter 11 Critiquing the Literature

    Chapter 12 From Research to Practice

    Glossary

    Index

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