Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...
Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ... Women's Decision-Making And Factors Affecting Their Choice Of ...
women had information about what options were available. The paucity of exploratory studies about reasons for preferences of home or hospital birth is a surprise finding, especially in the United Kingdom because the government recommends a woman centred maternity service, which could only be possible if the views of the different women are known. Only nine studies were identified looking at women's views about the place of birth. Out of the nine studies, six used questionnaires to tackle the question. It could be argued, therefore, that the studies expressed the investigators views about what women consider when contemplating about the place of birth. When questionnaires are used, the questions might address issues that women did not consider, but which they might nonetheless answer. A more suitable approach would be to conduct a series of exploratory studies first, to determine what the views are before focusing on specific questions about the views. There is therefore clearly a need for further research about factors influencing choice of place of birth. Results of such studies would be useful in understanding women's views of the process of childbirth, and their preferences for home or hospital birth, and thus assist in planning individualised care as recommended by the Department of Health (1993). Limitations of the search strategy The study used electronic databases, the MIDlRS literature search service, exploding references from identified studies, and hand searching of some journals at the University of Surrey library. There were no personal contacts and literature from conference proceedings, and therefore it is possible that important unpublished studies may have been missed. 69
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The next chapter discusses methodology of qualitative research, which is<br />
recommended for areas of studies where little or nothing is known about the<br />
subject of the research.<br />
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