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Synthesizing qualitative research [[electronic resource] ] : choosing the right approach / / edited by Karin Hannes, Craig Lockwood |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons/BMJ, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-29532-6 |
9786613295323 |
1-119-95984-5 |
1-119-95981-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HannesKarin |
LockwoodCraig <1971-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Qualitative research |
Medicine - Research - Methodology |
Biology - Research - Methodology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Synthesizing Qualitative Research: Choosing the Right Approach; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: "It looks great but how do I know if it fits?": an introduction to meta-synthesis research; Chapter 2: Obstacles to the implementation of evidence-based practice in Belgium: a worked example of meta-aggregation; Chapter 3: Medicine taking for asthma: a worked example of meta-ethnography; Chapter 4: The use of morphine to treat cancer related pain: a worked example of critical interpretive synthesis |
Chapter 5: The Internet in medical education: a worked example of a realist reviewChapter 6: Mixed methods synthesis: a worked example; Chapter 7: Bayesian approaches to the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research findings; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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care literature between 1990 and 2004. An ongoing update by Hannes and Macaitis (2010)identified around 100 additional qualitative or mixed methods syntheses. Yet these generally lack a clear, detailed description of what was done and why (Greenhalgh et al, 2007; McInnes & Wimpenny, 2008). Choices are most commonly influenced by what others have successfully used in the past or by a particular school of thought (Atkins et al, 2008; Britten et al, 2002). This is a substantive limitation. This book brings balance to the options available to researchers, including approaches that have not had a substantial uptake among researchers. It provides arguments for when and why researchers or other parties of interest should opt for a certain approach to synthesis, which challenges they might face in adopting it and what the potential strengths and weaknesses are compared with other approaches. This book acts as a resource for readers who would otherwise have to piece together the methodology from a range of journal articles. In addition, it should stimulate further development and documentation of synthesis methodology in a field that is characterized by diversity. |
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