Background Qualitative systematic reviews or qualitative evidence syntheses (QES) are
increasingly recognised as a way to enhance the value of systematic reviews (SRs) of …

This paper is one of a series exploring the implications of complexity for systematic reviews
and guideline development, commissioned by the WHO. The paper specifically explores the …

This chapter provides authors (who already have experience of undertaking qualitative
research and qualitative evidence synthesis) with additional guidance on undertaking a …

Informe sobre las características generales de las revisiones bibliográficas sistematizadas y
su fundamento en las revisiones sistemáticas. Presentación de los fases principales de una …

Background Decision making in health and social care requires robust syntheses of both
quantitative and qualitative evidence. Meta-ethnography is a seven-phase methodology for …

Background Systematic reviews have been considered as the pillar on which evidence-
based healthcare rests. Systematic review methodology has evolved and been modified …

How can ethnographic studies be generalized, in contrast to concentrating on the individual
case? Noblit and Hare propose a new method for synthesizing from qualitative studies: meta …

Aims The aim of this study was to provide guidance to improve the completeness and clarity
of meta-ethnography reporting. Background Evidence-based policy and practice require …

Objective To compare and contrast different methods of qualitative evidence synthesis
(QES) against criteria identified from the literature and to map their attributes to inform …

Objectives Patients with advanced disease sometimes express a wish to hasten death
(WTHD). In 2012, we published a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative …