Should we appraise the quality of qualitative research reports for systematic reviews, and if so, how?

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-79

  Garside, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence based policy making; policy making; qualitative research; research methodology; systematic review

Indexed keywords

MARGINALIZATION; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH METHOD;

EID: 84893820005     PISSN: 13511610     EISSN: 14698412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2013.777270     Document Type: Article

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