Evaluating and synthesizing qualitative research: the need to develop a distinctive approach
- 1 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
- Vol. 9 (2), 179-186
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2753.2003.00371.x
Abstract
The growing popularity of qualitative research has led to calls for it to be incorporated into the evidence base. It is argued that, in seeking to respond to this challenge, it is important that we r...Keywords
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