mments referred only to positive perceptions. The researchers reported that C. S. McClain collected data in 1987 wherein women compared their latest vaginal birth experience with their prior cesarean birth experience. McClain did not report this data, however, and, according to the researchers, informed them through a personal communication that she did not intend to publish the data.
The researchers did review literature relevant to the factors considered by women in deciding on a vaginal delivery following a prior cesarean delivery. These studies, however, did not provide information to indicate how these women felt about their vaginal deliveries after the fact.
The researchers were thorough and organized in their search of the relevant literature. The absence of reported studies dealing specifically with the problem investigated in the critiqued study supported conduct of the study. Conceptual Framework
The Roy Adaptation Model provided the conceptual framework for the study reported in the critiqued article. Within the adaptation model, the person is conceived as an adaptive system. System inputs inc
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