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• Grypdonck MH. Qualitative health research in the era of evidence-based practice. Qual Health Res 2006;16:1371-85.

• McKibbon KA, Gadd CS. A quantitative analysis of qualitative studies in clinical journals for the 2000 publishing year. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2004;4:11

• Leys M. Health technology assessment: the contribution of qualitative research. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2003;19:317-29 [abstract] 

• Donovan J, Mills N, Smith M, et al. Quality improvement report: Improving design and conduct of randomised trials by embedding them in qualitative research: ProtecT (prostate testing for cancer and treatment) study. Commentary: presenting unbiased information to patients can be difficult. BMJ 2002;325:766-770

• Runciman WB. Qualitative versus quantitative research — balancing cost, yield and feasibility Qual Saf Health Care 2002;11:146-147

• Pope C, van Royen P, Baker R. Qualitative methods in research on healthcare quality. Qual Saf Health Care 2002;11:148-152

• Lambert H, McKevitt C. Anthropology in health research: from qualitative methods to multidisciplinarity. BMJ 2002;325:210-213

• Giacomini MK. The rocky road: qualitative research as evidence. Evid Based Med 2001;6:4-6

• Eysenbach G, Till JE. Ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities. BMJ 2001;323:1103-5

• Barbour RS. Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog? BMJ 2001;322:1115-1117

• Thorne S. Data analysis in qualitative research. Evidence-based Nursing 2000;3:68-70

• Campbell M, Fitzpatrick R, Haines A, et al. Framework for design and evaluation of complex interventions to improve health. BMJ 2000;321:694-696

• Barbour RS. The role of qualitative research in broadening the 'evidence base' for clinical practice. J Eval Clin Pract 2000;6:155-63 [abstract]

• Barbour RS. The case for combining qualitative and quantitative approaches in health services research. J Health Serv Res Policy 1999;4:39-43 [abstract]

• Ploeg J. Identifying the best research design to fit the question. Part 2: qualitative designs. Evidence-based Nursing 1999;2:36-7

• Poses RM, Isen AM. Qualitative research in medicine and health care: questions and controversy. J Gen Intern Med 1998;13:32-8.

• Green J, Britten N. Qualitative research and evidence based medicine. BMJ 1998;316:1230-2

• Popay J, Rogers A, Williams G. Rationale and standards for the systematic review of qualitative literature in health services research. Qual Health Res 1998 ;8:341-51 [abstract]

• Murphy E, Dingwall R, Greatbatch D, et al. Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: a review of the literature. Health Technol Assess 1998;2:1-274

• Rowan M, Huston P. Qualitative research articles: information for authors and peer reviewers. CMAJ 1997;157:1442-6

• Inui TS. The virtue of qualitative and quantitative research. Ann Intern Med 1996;125:770-1

• Macnaughton RJ. Numbers, scales, and qualitative research. Lancet 1996;347:1099-100

• Shaw RL, Booth A, Sutton AJ, et al. Finding qualitative research: an evaluation of search strategies. BMC Med Res Methodol 2004;4:5

• Evans D. Database searches for qualitative research. J Med Libr Assoc 2002;90:290-3

• Dixon-Woods M, Shaw RL, Agarwal S, et al. The problem of appraising qualitative research. Qual Saf Health Care 2004;13:223-5

• Russell CK, Gregory DM. Evaluation of qualitative research studies. Evid Based Nurs 2003;6:36-40

• Giacomini MK, Cook DJ. Users' Guide to Biomedical Literature. XXIII. Qualitative research in health care. A. Are the result of study valid? JAMA 2000;284:357-62

• Giacomini MK, Cook DJ. Users' Guide to Biomedical Literature. XXIII. Qualitative research in health care. B. What Are the Results and How Do They Help Me Care for My Patients? ? JAMA 2000;284:478-82

• Greenhalgh T. Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research).  BMJ 1997;315:740-743

• Thomas J, Harden A, Oakley A, et al. Integrating qualitative research with trials in systematic reviews. BMJ 2004;328:1010-2

• Dixon-Woods M, Fitzpatrick R. Qualitative research in systematic reviews. Has established a place for itself. BMJ 2001;323:765-6

• Dixon-Woods M, Fitzpatrick R, Roberts K. Including qualitative research in systematic reviews: problems and opportunities. J Eval Clin Pract 2001;7:125-133 [abstract]