Denis Walsh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603955 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denis Walsh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denis |
| FAMILY NAME | Walsh |
| SIGNATURE | WALSH D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lancashire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5435-6403 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
He taught me to hate myself’: The pastoral care of gay Christians in Anglican churches
This paper examines the pastoral approach of church leaders towards gay and lesbian Christians in two contrasting Anglican church settings: non-affirming and affirming of gay identity. This is timely, given the vexed history surrounding the 'gay issue' within the Church of England and the current deliberations regarding 'gay blessings'. The results uncovered a troubling ignorance in non-affirming settings of the well-researched vulnerability of g…
Piaget’s Paradox: Adaptation, Evolution, and Agency
Piaget’s Behaviour and Evolution (1976) sought to reconcile the view that organismal adaptiveness – in the form of equilibration – could contribute to human behavioural, cognitive, and epistemic evolution with the prevailing evolutionary orthodoxy of the time. He was particularly concerned to demonstrate that human behaviour, cognition, and knowledge acquisition could be drivers of human evolution. Piaget hypothesised constructive role for organi…
Babies come when they are ready”: Women’s experiences of resisting the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy
Being pregnant beyond one’s estimated due date is a relatively common experience and requires complex decisions about whether to induce labour or wait for spontaneous onset. We report a qualitative study undertaken in the UK in 2016. We interviewed fifteen women and eleven more took part in an online focus group. Using thematic analysis, resistance to the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy was identified as a strong theme. Drawing on the work …
A Metasynthesis of Midwife-Led Care
The purpose of this metasynthesis is to describe and interpret qualitative research relating to midwife-led care to see if it sheds light on why low-risk women experience fewer birth interventions within this model of care. Eleven articles were included in the review. Three themes emerged: (a) relationally mediated benefits for women that resulted in increased agency and empathic care; (b) the problematic interface of midwife-led units with host …
Mechanism and purpose: A case for natural teleology
Childbirth embodiment: Problematic Aspects of Current Understandings
The experience of childbirth is one of the most corporeal of the human condition. Against a backdrop of profound change in the milieu of birthing over the past 30 years, especially in the developed world, a number of discourses now compete for the status of the safest, most fulfilling birth experience. Supporters of biomedical and 'natural' approaches make their respective claims to those, with obstetricians broadly aligning their professional in…
A birth centre's encounters with discourses of childbirth: How Resistance Led to Innovation
An ethnographic study of a free-standing birth centre uncovered a site of intense contestation. Two prominent childbirth discourses attempting to inscribe their orthodoxies on staff and women users encountered stern and persistent resistance. Using postmodern theory, this resistance is conceptualised as nomadic activity, as space is made at the margins of discourse for a difference and diversity to manifest. The relationship between discourse and…
Appraising the quality of qualitative research
Evolutionary Essentialism
According to Aristotelian essentialism, the nature of an organism is constituted of a particular goal-directed disposition to produce an organism typical of its kind. This paper argues—against the prevailing orthodoxy—that essentialism of this sort is indispensable to evolutionary biology. The most powerful anti-essentialist arguments purport to show that the natures of organisms play no explanatory role in modern synthesis biology. I argue that …
Subverting the assembly-line: Childbirth in a free-standing birth centre
Meta‐synthesis method for qualitative research: A literature review
Aim. 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. Background. There is a growing interest in meta‐synthesis as a technique for generating new insights and understanding from qualitative health care research. An increasing number of meta‐synthesis papers are appearing in…
Childbirth embodiment: Problematic Aspects of Current Understandings
The experience of childbirth is one of the most corporeal of the human condition. Against a backdrop of profound change in the milieu of birthing over the past 30 years, especially in the developed world, a number of discourses now compete for the status of the safest, most fulfilling birth experience. Supporters of biomedical and 'natural' approaches make their respective claims to those, with obstetricians broadly aligning their professional in…
Evolutionary Essentialism
According to Aristotelian essentialism, the nature of an organism is constituted of a particular goal-directed disposition to produce an organism typical of its kind. This paper argues—against the prevailing orthodoxy—that essentialism of this sort is indispensable to evolutionary biology. The most powerful anti-essentialist arguments purport to show that the natures of organisms play no explanatory role in modern synthesis biology. I argue that …
Subverting the assembly-line: Childbirth in a free-standing birth centre
A birth centre's encounters with discourses of childbirth: How Resistance Led to Innovation
An ethnographic study of a free-standing birth centre uncovered a site of intense contestation. Two prominent childbirth discourses attempting to inscribe their orthodoxies on staff and women users encountered stern and persistent resistance. Using postmodern theory, this resistance is conceptualised as nomadic activity, as space is made at the margins of discourse for a difference and diversity to manifest. The relationship between discourse and…
Mechanism and purpose: A case for natural teleology
Babies come when they are ready”: Women’s experiences of resisting the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy
Being pregnant beyond one’s estimated due date is a relatively common experience and requires complex decisions about whether to induce labour or wait for spontaneous onset. We report a qualitative study undertaken in the UK in 2016. We interviewed fifteen women and eleven more took part in an online focus group. Using thematic analysis, resistance to the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy was identified as a strong theme. Drawing on the work …
A Metasynthesis of Midwife-Led Care
The purpose of this metasynthesis is to describe and interpret qualitative research relating to midwife-led care to see if it sheds light on why low-risk women experience fewer birth interventions within this model of care. Eleven articles were included in the review. Three themes emerged: (a) relationally mediated benefits for women that resulted in increased agency and empathic care; (b) the problematic interface of midwife-led units with host …
Meta‐synthesis method for qualitative research: A literature review
Aim. 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. Background. There is a growing interest in meta‐synthesis as a technique for generating new insights and understanding from qualitative health care research. An increasing number of meta‐synthesis papers are appearing in…
Appraising the quality of qualitative research
Evolutionary Essentialism
According to Aristotelian essentialism, the nature of an organism is constituted of a particular goal-directed disposition to produce an organism typical of its kind. This paper argues—against the prevailing orthodoxy—that essentialism of this sort is indispensable to evolutionary biology. The most powerful anti-essentialist arguments purport to show that the natures of organisms play no explanatory role in modern synthesis biology. I argue that …
Subverting the assembly-line: Childbirth in a free-standing birth centre
A birth centre's encounters with discourses of childbirth: How Resistance Led to Innovation
An ethnographic study of a free-standing birth centre uncovered a site of intense contestation. Two prominent childbirth discourses attempting to inscribe their orthodoxies on staff and women users encountered stern and persistent resistance. Using postmodern theory, this resistance is conceptualised as nomadic activity, as space is made at the margins of discourse for a difference and diversity to manifest. The relationship between discourse and…
Childbirth embodiment: Problematic Aspects of Current Understandings
The experience of childbirth is one of the most corporeal of the human condition. Against a backdrop of profound change in the milieu of birthing over the past 30 years, especially in the developed world, a number of discourses now compete for the status of the safest, most fulfilling birth experience. Supporters of biomedical and 'natural' approaches make their respective claims to those, with obstetricians broadly aligning their professional in…
Mechanism and purpose: A case for natural teleology
A Metasynthesis of Midwife-Led Care
The purpose of this metasynthesis is to describe and interpret qualitative research relating to midwife-led care to see if it sheds light on why low-risk women experience fewer birth interventions within this model of care. Eleven articles were included in the review. Three themes emerged: (a) relationally mediated benefits for women that resulted in increased agency and empathic care; (b) the problematic interface of midwife-led units with host …
Babies come when they are ready”: Women’s experiences of resisting the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy
Being pregnant beyond one’s estimated due date is a relatively common experience and requires complex decisions about whether to induce labour or wait for spontaneous onset. We report a qualitative study undertaken in the UK in 2016. We interviewed fifteen women and eleven more took part in an online focus group. Using thematic analysis, resistance to the medicalisation of prolonged pregnancy was identified as a strong theme. Drawing on the work …
Piaget’s Paradox: Adaptation, Evolution, and Agency
Piaget’s Behaviour and Evolution (1976) sought to reconcile the view that organismal adaptiveness – in the form of equilibration – could contribute to human behavioural, cognitive, and epistemic evolution with the prevailing evolutionary orthodoxy of the time. He was particularly concerned to demonstrate that human behaviour, cognition, and knowledge acquisition could be drivers of human evolution. Piaget hypothesised constructive role for organi…
He taught me to hate myself’: The pastoral care of gay Christians in Anglican churches
This paper examines the pastoral approach of church leaders towards gay and lesbian Christians in two contrasting Anglican church settings: non-affirming and affirming of gay identity. This is timely, given the vexed history surrounding the 'gay issue' within the Church of England and the current deliberations regarding 'gay blessings'. The results uncovered a troubling ignorance in non-affirming settings of the well-researched vulnerability of g…
Sociology (8 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Pregnancy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social science (4 works)