Qualitative Metasynthesis: Reflections on Methodological Orientation and Ideological Agenda

Author:

Thorne Sally1,Jensen Louise2,Kearney Margaret H.3,Noblit George4,Sandelowski Margarete5

Affiliation:

1. School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

2. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

3. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

5. School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Abstract

In an era of pressure toward evidence-based health care, we are witnessing a new enthusiasm for qualitative metasynthesis as an enterprise distinct from conventional literature reviews, secondary analyses, and the many other scholarly endeavors with which it is sometimes confused. This article represents the reflections of five scholars, each ofwhom has authored a distinct qualitative metasynthesis strategy. By providing the reader a glimpse into the tradition of their various qualitative metasynthesis projects, these authors offer a finely nuanced examination of the tensions between comparison and integration, deconstruction and synthesis, and reporting and integration within the metasynthesis endeavor. In so doing, they account for many of the current confusions about representation and generalization within the products of these inquiries. Through understanding the bases of their unique angles of vision, the reader is invited to engage in their commitment to scholarly integrity and intellectual credibility in this emerging methodological challenge.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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