The role of systematic reviews of qualitative evidence in evaluating interventions: a case study

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Lorenc, Theo ^a   Pearson, Mark ^b   Jamal, Farah ^c   Cooper, Chris ^b   Garside, Ruth ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comprehensiveness; interventions; qualitative research; research synthesis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874798217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.1036     Document Type: Article

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