Meta-narrative and realist reviews: guidance, rules, publication standards and quality appraisal

BMC Medicine

David Gough¹ 

[1] EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, 18 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0NR, UK

关键词: Realist synthesis.;    Meta-narrative;    Systematic reviews;   

Others  :  857212
DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7015-11-22

 received in 2013-01-22, accepted in 2013-01-29,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Recently, there has been an expansion of different forms of systematic review of research and the development of guidance and standards about particular types of review. These reviews can be best understood within a broad framework of the dimensions on which reviews differ, and how the review methodology relates to the methodology of primary research. Similarly, publication standards can be understood in terms of their relation to other standards such as guidance and rules for undertaking reviews and systems for appraising the quality of reviews. This commentary is written with special reference to the publication standards for meta-narrative and realist reviews being published in BMC Medicine.

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【 授权许可】

   
2013 Gough; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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