{"product_id":"meta-study-of-qualitative-health-research-a-practical-guide-to-meta-analysis-and-meta-synthesis-9780761924159","title":"Meta-Study of Qualitative Health Research: A Practical Guide to Meta-Analysis and Meta-Synthesis","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a superior achievement from a group of masterful scholars. The book shows the theoretical, ethical, and political complexity of qualitative study, and yet offers an illuminating and useful guide to how it can be accomplished with distinction. I highly recommend it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e --MARGARETE SANDELOWSKI, PhD, RN, FAAN \u003ci\u003eProfessor, School of Nursing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Volume 3 of the Methods in Nursing Research series, Barbara Paterson and colleagues provide step-by-step directions for how to proceed in conducting a meta-study, as well as recommendations for tools and standards relating to the application of their approach. Drawing from their experience with meta-study research projects on chronic illness, the authors articulate and theorize the meta-analysis and meta-synthesis of qualitatively derived knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSally Thorne, RN, PhD, FAAN, FCAHS, is a Professor and former Director of the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, where she currently also holds the position of Associate Dean of Applied Science. She has a longstanding research program in the field of patient experience and relational practice in chronic illness and cancer care in addition to a body of scholarly work in the philosophy of science, the nature of evidence, and applied qualitative methodology. She is author of four books, including a popular qualitative research text on \u003ci\u003eInterpretive Description. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has an extensive record of peer reviewed journal publications and has presented her work internationally as invited scholar, keynote lecturer and distinguished professor. She is Editor-in-Chief of the scholarly journal \u003ci\u003eNursing Inquiry \u003c\/i\u003eand Associate Editor for\u003ci\u003e Qualitative Health Research. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eserved terms as Board Director for numerous organizations, including the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the Association of Registered Nurses of British Columbia, and is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003educational Background\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BN, Dalhousie University\u003cbr\u003e MSN, University of British Columbia\u003cbr\u003e PhD, University of Victoria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eService\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Member, Interprofessional Education Curriculum Committee\u003cbr\u003e Faculty Affilliate, Human Early Learning Partnership\u003cbr\u003e Board Member, BC Council For Families\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845145235730,"sku":"9780761924159","price":124.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16fceeb9-4cbf-4a4d-a02f-301e7c591bfa.jpg?v=1737342530","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/meta-study-of-qualitative-health-research-a-practical-guide-to-meta-analysis-and-meta-synthesis-9780761924159","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}