Obstacles to the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Belgium: A Worked Example of Meta-Aggregation

Synthesizing Qualitative Research: Choosing the Right Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-39

  Hannes, Karin ^a,b   Pearson, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Center for Evidence Based Medicine   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belgium, and EBP, and obstacles; Cochrane, systematic reviews; EBP, and lack of competences; EBP, obstacles in EBP; Meta aggregation; Meta aggregation and QARI; Qualitative data analysis; Search strategy; Sensitivity, qualitative research; Synthesizing qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886582491     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119959847.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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