Qualitative systematic reviews: Their importance for our understanding of research relevant to pain

British Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 36-40

  Seers, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta ethnography; Qualitative synthesis; Qualitative systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84981364130     PISSN: 20494637     EISSN: 20494645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2049463714549777     Document Type: Article

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