Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Attitudes, Assumptions, and Caveats The Urge to Synthesize Conceiving the Qualitative Research Synthesis Study 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: Reports in the Qualitative Metasynthesis Project Index