Methods for the synthesis of qualitative research: A critical review

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Barnett Page, Elaine ^a   Thomas, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL INTERPRETIVE SYNTHESIS; ECOLOGICAL TRIANGULATION; EPISTEMOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FRAMEWORK SYNTHESIS; GROUNDED THEORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ETHNOGRAPHY; META NARRATIVE; META STUDY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE METASUMMARY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; TEXTUAL NARRATIVE SYNTHESIS; THEMATIC SYNTHESIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS;

EID: 69449094305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-9-59     Document Type: Article

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