Making sense of complex data: A mapping process for analyzing findings of a realist review on guideline implementability

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kastner, Monika ^a   Makarski, Julie ^b   Hayden, Leigh ^a   Durocher, Lisa ^b   Chatterjee, Ananda ^a   Brouwers, Melissa ^b   Bhattacharyya, Onil ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS; ARTICLE;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883662235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-112     Document Type: Article

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