Decision making in midwifery practice. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Maureen D. Raynor, Jayne E. Marshall, Amanda Sullivan.
• Other Names: Raynor, Maureen D; Marshall, Jayne E; BA (Hons) PGDip PhD RM RGN, Sullivan, Amanda
• Contents: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; INTRODUCTION; AIMS/PURPOSE OF THE BOOK; THE IMPORTANCE OF DECISION MAKING IN MIDWIFERY PRACTICE; WHAT IS A DECISION?; PROBLEM SOLVING; MAKING JUDGEMENTS; CRITICAL THINKING; CLINICAL REASONING; YOUR PRESENT APPROACH TO DECISION MAKING; HOW TO USE THE BOOK; Chapter 1: Autonomy and the Midwife; INTRODUCTION; AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE SCOPE OF THE MIDWIFE'S ROLE; DEFINITIONS AND VARIATIONS OF AUTONOMY; STEIN'S DOCTOR-NURSE GAME; FACTORS INFLUENCING AUTONOMOUS DECISION MAKING; CONCLUSION. Chapter 2: The Role of Knowledge in Midwifery Decision MakingINTRODUCTION: A PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATION; THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE; WAYS OF KNOWING -- HOW DO WE ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE?; THE NATURE OF MIDWIFERY KNOWLEDGE; PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS AND THE LANGUAGE OF MIDWIFERY; TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE; AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE AND KNOWLEDGE AS POWER; KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED THROUGH RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: Using the Evidence to Inform Decisions; INTRODUCTION; DEFINING EVIDENCE AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; THE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROCESS. ACCESSING ORIGINAL LITERATURE/DATA: THE FULL EBP PROCESSIMPLEMENTATION OF THE EVIDENCE INTO PRACTICE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND CONFLICT; EVALUATING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; THE FUTURE: RESEARCH AND AUDIT FOR GENERATING THE EVIDENCE; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 4: Models of Decision Making; INTRODUCTION; HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVE MODEL/SYSTEMATIC-POSITIVISTIC MODEL/RATIONALIST MODEL; BAYES' THEOREM -- A RULE OF PROBABILITY; DIFFERENTIATIONS FROM OTHER APPROACHES; ASSESSMENT OF RISK; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: Processes and Challenges in Clinical Decision Making; INTRODUCTION. ERRORS -- WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES!THE NATURE OF DECISION ERRORS; DECISION MAKING; ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF ANALYSING DECISIONS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: Developing Clinical Judgements; THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO DECISION MAKING; APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT IN EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT IN MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT IN CLINICAL PRACTICE; CASE SCENARIOS FROM PRACTICE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 7: Making Ethical Decisions; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS AN ETHICAL DECISION?; CONFLICT IN DECISION MAKING. THE MIDWIFE'S RESPONSIBILITY IN MAKING ETHICAL DECISIONSHOW CAN MIDWIVES MAKE ETHICAL DECISIONS?; APPROACHES TO ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; APPLICATION OF ETHICAL APPROACHES; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICAL MODELS OR FRAMEWORKS; SOURCES OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR THE MIDWIFE; CONCLUSION; Chapter 8: Making Management Decisions; OVERVIEW; BACKGROUND; QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP; DEFINING DECISIONS; DELEGATING DECISIONS; TOOLS TO ASSIST DECISION MAKING; THE USE OF CLINICAL GUIDELINES IN MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 9: Helping Women to Make Their Own Decisions; INTRODUCTION.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 185 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 618.2; Midwifery -- Decision making; Midwives -- Practice; Midwifery -- methods; Decision Making; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702039768; 0702039764
• Related ISBNs: 0443073848; 9780443073847
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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