Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery
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Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery

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Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery

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The eBook version of this title gives you access to the complete book content electronically*. Evolve eBooks allows you to quickly search the entire book, make notes, add highlights, and study more efficiently. Buying other Evolve eBooks titles makes your learning experience even better: all of the eBooks will work together on your electronic "bookshelf", so that you can search across your entire library of Midwifery eBooks.*Please note that this version is the eBook only and does not include the printed textbook. Alternatively, you can buy the Text and Evolve eBooks Package (which gives you the printed book plus the eBook). Please scroll down to our Related Titles section to find this title.Building on the strengths of the first edition, this new edition of Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery clearly and concisely examines evidence based practice and research from a midwifery standpoint. This book provides an excellent introduction to the subject and looks at various methods and principles from practical and theoretical perspectives. Equal weight is given to the quantitative and qualitative approaches. New chapters on evidence based research and interviewing in qualitative research ensure that this edition is fully relevant to current research and practice.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. Used in conjunction with other texts, Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery will give confidence to those undertaking research projects by helping to bridge the 'reality gap' between research and theory and its application to midwifery practice.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.- 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

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Edition
2
Subtopic
Nursing

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Foreword
  7. Foreword to the first edition
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1: From practice to research
  12. Chapter 2: Evidence-based practice
  13. Chapter 3: Experimental research
  14. Chapter 4: Surveys
  15. Chapter 5: An introduction to statistics in midwifery research
  16. Chapter 6: Grounded theory
  17. Chapter 7: Ethnography
  18. Chapter 8: Phenomenology
  19. Chapter 9: Alternative approaches to research
  20. Chapter 10: Interviewing in qualitative research
  21. Chapter 11: Critiquing the literature
  22. Chapter 12: From research to practice
  23. Glossary
  24. Index