Research and theory for nursing and midwifery: Rethinking the nature of evidence

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-83

  McCourt, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Epistemology; Evidence; Evidence based medicine; Methodology; Midwifery; Systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSING;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MIDWIFERY; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 28244479460     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2005.05003.x     Document Type: Article

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