Protocol-developing meta-ethnography reporting guidelines (eMERGe)

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  France, E F ^a   Ring, N ^a   Noyes, J ^b   Maxwell, M ^a   Jepson, R ^c   Duncan, E ^a   Turley, R ^d   Jones, D ^a   Uny, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Meta ethnography; Qualitative research; Qualitative review or synthesis; Reporting guideline; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84947943204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0068-0     Document Type: Article

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