Qualitative Metasynthesis : A Research Method for Medicine and Health Sciences /: A Research Method for Medicine and Health Sciences. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kirsti Malterud.
• Other Names: Malterud, Kirsti
• Contents: List of abbreviations; Preface; 1 Utilization and upcycling of existing research knowledge; We do not have to start from scratch; Qualitative studies – an open mind, but no blank slates; Research waste or exploiting knowledge capital?; Recycling, upcycling and sustainable management of knowledge resources; What will this book offer you?; The role of the nursing home doctor in end-of-life care – a concrete example; From chaos and individual research reports to systematic reviews; Comprehensive and critical reading of the research literature; The information deluge; Broad mapping; Systematic reviews – a specific kind of research literature summary; Evidence from research results; Multipurpose knowledge capital; Evidence-based medicine; Different research questions require different evidence from relevant methodologies; From summary and renarration to interpretation and synthesis; Descriptive, interpretative or both?; Meta-analysis; Qualitative metasynthesis; Which kinds of research questions can be studied with qualitative metasynthesis?; 2 Project planning and literature management; Careful preparations are profitable investments; Summing up research – a stepwise process; A research question that is both flexible and determined; Choosing a strategy; The protocol; Registration of the project; Literature search; Overview and steady course; Search strategy; Search terms in logical combinations; Search sources and databases; Grey literature; Language; Before you set off seriously; Screening and selection of potentially relevant primary studies; Reference management; Systematic screening and rough classification; Reading candidate articles in depth with quality assessment; Supplementary search; What characterizes your sample?; Flowsheet for search and selection; Hallmarks of the primary studies; Identification of results from the primary studies; Organizing the material from data extraction; 3 Analysis and synthesis; Interpretation of the results from the primary studies; Synthesis is more than summary and renarration; Levels of interpretation – concepts of first, second and third orders; Different strategies for metasynthesis; Meta-ethnography; Background; Metaphors and translations; Analytical perspectives; Strategy for analysis – seven steps; The matrix as a tool for analysis; A specific example of analysis and synthesis; Contemporary meta-ethnography; Other methods for qualitative metasynthesis; Critical interpretive synthesis; Thematic synthesis; Realist synthesis; Reporting your study – writing the article; Elements in the article; Method, material and analysis; Synthesis and results; Transparency in reporting qualitative metasyntheses; 4 Theoretical and methodological challenges; Qualitative methods encounter evidence-based medicine; Scientific paradigms; Common features, differences and opposites; Social anthropology and metasynthesis; A complete and independent literature review?; Situated knowledges; Cherry picking; Finding the needle in the haystack; Independent appraisals or bias?; Which evidence is the best evidence?; The evidence hierarchy; A universal gold standard?; Grading of evidence; New pyramids; D iversity or standardization of knowledge; Merging apples and oranges – the synthesis of heterogeneous data; Sustainable evidence; Three steps forward and two steps back; Grading of qualitative metasynthesis; Mixed methods and qualitative metasynthesis; Qualitative and quantitative methods in the same study; Multi-methodological exploration of complex research questions; Qualitative metasynthesis with mixed methods; Synthesis of qualitative primary studies with different designs; 5 Final comments; thics and privacy protection; Regulations and approvals; Distance as a challenge; Contributing something new; What do you need to conduct a qualitative metasynthesis?; Competence and experience; Relevant primary studies with useful presentations of results; Resources and personal traits; Set off!; You are not alone; Newer and more exciting; Wheat or chaff?; Sustainable competence – new opportunities for collaboration; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610.73072; Nursing -- Research -- Methodology; HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference; MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL / Atlases; MEDICAL / Essays; MEDICAL / Family & General Practice; MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL / Osteopathy; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery; MEDICAL / Nursing / Research & Theory; MEDICAL / Research; Nursing -- Research -- Methodology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429026348; 9780429646553; 0429646550; 9780429651830; 9780429649196; 0429649193
• Related ISBNs: 042902634X; 042965183X; 9780367134181
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 15, 2019).
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