Bringing Method to the Madness: Sandelowski and Barroso’s Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research

Authors

Ronald J. Chenail, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Abstract

The synthesis of qualitative research has emerged as an important methodology in the contemporary research landscape. In their new book entitled Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research (2007), Margarete Sandelowski and Juliet Barroso successfully bring method to this potentially maddening process of finding, selecting, appraising, and synthesizing results from primary qualitative research studies.

Keywords

Qualitative Research Synthesis, Qualitative Metasynthesis, Qualitative Research, Integration

Author Bio(s)

Dr. Ronald J. Chenail is the Co-Editor of The Qualitative Report and The Weekly Qualitative Report at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). He also serves as the Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness and Director of NSU’s Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research. He can be contacted at 3301 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796 USA; Telephone: 954.262.5389; Fax: 954.262.3970; E-mail: ron@nova.edu.

Publication Date

1-12-2009

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2009.2820

Recommended APA Citation

Chenail, R. J. (2009). Bringing Method to the Madness: Sandelowski and Barroso’s Handbook for Synthesizing Qualitative Research. The Qualitative Report, 13(4), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2009.2820

Comments

Original volume and issue number from The Qualitative Weekly, an offshoot publication of The Qualitative Report which has been folded into the primary journal: Volume 2, Issue 2