Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research

Name: Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research
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ISBN: 9780826156945

ISBN-10: 0826156940

ISBN-13: 9780826156945

Edition: 2006

Authors: Margarete Sandelowski, Julie Barroso

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Written for graduate-level students and faculty in health care science disciplines, this handbook will help integrate the findings in reports of primary qualitative studies as well as extrapolate the methods and techniques used to create a qualitative research synthesis. Using reports of studies in two domains of research and across behavior, social science, and practice disciplines, this handbook helps: ? Locate qualitative research synthesis in qualitative research, research synthesis, research utilization, and evidence-based practice ? Locate the qualitative research synthesis enterprise in reading and writing practices ? Differentiate qualitative research synthesis from other forms of…

Book details

List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Attitudes, Assumptions, and Caveats


The Urge to Synthesize


Conceiving the Qualitative Research Synthesis Study Resources


Searching For and Retrieving Qualitative Research Reports


Appraising Reports of Qualitative Studies


Classifying the Findings in Qualitative Research Reports


Synthesizing Qualitative Research Findings: Qualitative Metasummary


Synthesizing Qualitative Research Findings: Qualitative Metasynthesis


Optimizing the Validity of Qualitative Research Synthesis Studies


Presenting Syntheses of Qualitative Research Findings


Appendix


Index