A methodological systematic review of what’s wrong with meta-ethnography reporting

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  • E.F. France
  • N. Ring
  • R. Thomas
  • J. Noyes
  • M. Maxwell
  • R. Jepson
Syntheses of qualitative studies can inform health policy, services and our understanding of patient experience. Meta-ethnography is a systematic seven-phase interpretive qualitative synthesis approach well-suited to producing new theories and conceptual models. However, there are concerns about the quality of meta-ethnography reporting, particularly the analysis and synthesis processes. Our aim was to investigate the application and reporting of methods in recent meta-ethnography journal papers, focusing on the analysis and synthesis process and output.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages16
JournalBMC Medical Research Methodology
Volume14
Issue number119
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Nov 2014
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