No room for reflexivity? Critical reflections following a systematic review of qualitative research

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 866-885

  Newton, Benjamin John ^a   Rothlingova, Zuzana ^b   Gutteridge, Robin ^c   Lemarchand, Karen ^d   Raphael, Jon Howard ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic low back pain; critical appraisal; methodology; reflexivity; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865215829     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311427615     Document Type: Review

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