Ch. 1. Labouring in the dark: Limitations on the giving of information to enable patients to orient themselves to the likely events and timescale of labour / Mavis Kirkham -- Ch. 2. Portfolios: A developmental influence? / Julia V. Cayne -- Ch. 3. A postscript to nursing / Nicky James -- Ch. 4. Leaving it to mum: 'Community care' for mentally handicapped children / Pamela Abbott and Roger Sapsford -- Ch. 5. Planning research: A case of heart disease / Pamela Abbott -- Ch. 6. Home helps and district nurses: Community care in the far South-west / Pamela Abbott -- Ch. 7. Studying policy and practice: Use of vignettes / Pamela Abbott and Roger Sapsford -- Ch. 8. Treatment of depressed women by nurses in Britain / Verona Gordon -- Ch. 9. The mortality of doctors in relation to their smoking habits: A preliminary report / Richard Doll and A. Bradford Hill -- Ch. 10. Ethnic variation in the female labour force: A research note / Pamela Abbott and Melissa Tyler
Notes
Collection of previously published articles
Companion v. to: Research methods for nurses and the caring professions / Roger Sapsford and Pamela Abbott
