Denis J Walsh
- Meta-synthesis method for qualitative research: a literature reviewDenis Walsh
Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK
J Adv Nurs 50:204-11. 2005..This paper discusses the purpose and stages of meta-synthesis and the epistemological status of knowledge generated from the technique. Particular attention is paid to exploring the contested areas of the method that remain...
- Subverting the assembly-line: childbirth in a free-standing birth centreDenis Walsh
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
Soc Sci Med 62:1330-40. 2006..There may be lessons here for other heath services as well as maternity services in optimising the advantages of small-scale provision...
- Appraising the quality of qualitative researchDenis Walsh
University of Central Lancashire, 366 Hinckley Road, Leicester LE3 OTN, UK
Midwifery 22:108-19. 2006..The synthesis is clearly rooted in a subjectivist epistemology, which views knowledge as constructed and hermeneutic in intent, encompassing individual, cultural and structural representations of reality...
- 'Nesting' and 'Matrescence' as distinctive features of a free-standing birth centre in the UKDenis J Walsh
Midwifery Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 ZHE, UK
Midwifery 22:228-39. 2006..To explore the culture, beliefs, values, customs and practices around the birth process within a free-standing birth centre (FSBC)...
- A birth centre's encounters with discourses of childbirth: how resistance led to innovationDenis J Walsh
Department of Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Sociol Health Illn 29:216-32. 2007..Birth centres may encourage novel and eclectic ways of providing childbirth care...
- Childbirth embodiment: problematic aspects of current understandingsDenis J Walsh
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham
Sociol Health Illn 32:486-501. 2010..A call is made for an integration of traditional childbirth embodiment theories, mediated through compassionate, relationally focused maternity care, especially when labour complications develop...