Chapter 13. Synthesising Qualitative Research
- Catherine Pope,
- Nicholas Mays
Published Online: 26 NOV 2007
DOI: 10.1002/9780470750841.ch13
© 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title

Qualitative Research in Health Care, Third Edition
Additional Information
How to Cite
Pope, C. and Mays, N. (2007) Synthesising Qualitative Research, in Qualitative Research in Health Care, Third Edition (eds C. Pope and N. Mays), Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470750841.ch13
Publication History
- Published Online: 26 NOV 2007
- Published Print: 1 JAN 2006
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405135122
Online ISBN: 9780470750841
- Summary
- Chapter
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Keywords:
- synthesising;
- research;
- narrative synthesis;
- checklists;
- meta-ethnography
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Synthesising qualitative research
Introduction
Should we synthesise at all?
The purpose of synthesis
Methods for synthesising qualitative research
Synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence
Concluding remarks
