Metasynthesis: The state of the art - So far

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 893-904

  Finfgeld, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded formal theory; Meta synthesis; Metainterpretation; Metamethod; Metastudy; Metatheory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142124338     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732303253462     Document Type: Article

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