A move to more systematic and transparent approaches in qualitative evidence synthesis: Update on a review of published papers

Qualitative Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 402-442

  Hannes, Karin ^a   Macaitis, Kirsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

qualitative evidence synthesis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864401479     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794111432992     Document Type: Article

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