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Table 1 Summary of the research methods used in this study

From: Rethinking obstetric violence and the “neglect of neglect”: the silence of a labour ward milieu in a South African district hospital

Research Participation

Research Method

Data Collection

Data Capturing

Data Management

Data Analysis

Labour ward observation at KDH

Ethnography

Own process notes

Observation

Hospital documents

Field journal

Interpretation of field notes

Triangulate with data from B and C

Observational data examined and interpreted for common themes

Staff in labour ward:

• Doctors

• Nurses

• Community service Psychologist

Free Association narrative Interviews

Free Association narrative Interviews

Digital voice recorder

Research Journal

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Triangulate with data from A and C

Analysis of content further using FANI methods.