Steady and delayed: explaining the different development of meta-ethnography in health care and education

Ethnography and Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 243-257

  Uny, I ^a   France, E F ^a   Noblit, G W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

education; health; Meta ethnography; qualitative approach; qualitative evidence synthesis; systematic reviewing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014711763     PISSN: 17457823     EISSN: 17457831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457823.2017.1282320     Document Type: Article

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