Making a difference: Towards a method for weighing the evidence in a qualitative synthesis

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 657-663

  Boeije, Hennie R ^a   Van Wesel, Floryt ^a   Alisic, Eva ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

evidence; qualitative research; qualitative synthesis; quality appraisal; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79961023458     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01674.x     Document Type: Article

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