Synthesizing qualitative research choosing the right approach

• Other Authors: Hannes, Karin (Editor), Lockwood, Craig 1971- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons 2012
• Subjects: Qualitative Research; Biomedical Research > methods; Meta-Analysis as Topic
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A considerable number of journal publications using a range of qualitative synthesis approaches has been published. Mary Dixon-Woods and colleagues (Mary Dixon-Woods, Booth, & Sutton, 2007) identified 42 qualitative evidence synthesis papers published in health care literature between 1990 and 2...

Table of Contents:

• It looks great but how do I know if it fits : an introduction to meta-synthesis research / Barbara L. Paterson
• Obstacles to the implementation of evidence-based practice in Belgium : a worked example of meta-aggregation / Karin Hannes and Alan Pearson
• Medicine taking for asthma : a worked example of meta-ethnography / Nicky Britten and Catherine Pope
• The use of morphine to treat cancer related pain : a worked example of critical interpretive synthesis / Kate Flemming and Elizabeth McInnes
• The internet in medical education : a worked example of a realist review / Geoff Wong
• Mixed methods synthesis : a worked example / Josephine Kavanagh ... [et al.]
• Bayesian approaches to the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research findings / Jamie L. Crandell, Corrine I. Voils, and Margarete Sandelowski.