Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

List of Contributors.

1 “It looks great but how do I know if it fits?”: an introduction to meta-synthesis research (Barbara L. Paterson).

2 Obstacles to the implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Belgium: a worked example of meta-aggregation (Karin Hannes and Alan Pearson).

3 Medicine taking for asthma: a worked example of meta-ethnography (Nicky Britten and Catherine Pope).

4 The use of Morphine to treat cancer related pain: a worked example of Critical Interpretive Synthesis (Kate Flemming and Elizabeth McInnes)

5  The Internet in medical education: a worked example of a realist review (Geoff Wong).

6 Mixed methods synthesis: a worked example (Josephine Kavanagh, Fiona Cambell, Angela Harden and James Thomas).

7 Bayesian approaches to the synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research findings (Jamie L. Crandell, Corrine I. Voils and Margarete Sandelowski). 

8 Conclusion (Nathan Manning).

Index.

About the Author

KARIN HANNES, PhD Doctor-Assistant, Centre for Methodology of Education, Department of Education, Leuven University and Belgian Centre for EBM-Belgian Cochrane Branch, Department of General Practice, University of Leuven.

CRAIG LOCKWOOD, RN Associate Director, Research and Education Unit, Joanna Briggs Institute, University of Adelaide.