What is a qualitative synthesis?

Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 101-

  Seers, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LITERATURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84874125590     PISSN: 13676539     EISSN: 14689618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2012-100977     Document Type: Editorial

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