cover image - Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780702063916
Copyright: 2006
Publication Date: 05-03-2006
Page Count: 308
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
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Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 2nd Edition

by Elizabeth R. Cluett, PhD, MSc, RM, RGN, PGCEA and Rosalind Bluff, PhD, SRN, SCM, MTD, CertEd(FE)

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ISBN: 9780702063916
Copyright: 2006
Publication Date: 05-03-2006
Page Count: 308
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
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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.
    • New chapter on interviewing as a means of data collection, including information on using focus groups
    • New chapter on evidence-based practice including issues around supervision for evidence-based projects
    • Inclusion of new material in relation to such topics as undertaking case studies
  • Key features:· Introduces research methods in midwifery· Discusses the application of research to practice and looks at the route from practice to research· Presents both quantitative and qualitative research methods· Provides a framework for the appraisal of midwifery research evidence· New chapters on evidence based research and interviewing in qualitative research· Maternity care related examples used throughout.
  • 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
  • Elizabeth R. Cluett, PhD, MSc, RM, RGN, PGCEA, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK and Rosalind Bluff, PhD, SRN, SCM, MTD, CertEd(FE), Former Lecturer in Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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