Exclusion criteria | Inclusion criteria |
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1. Does not report on methodological issuesa in conducting meta-ethnography AND 2. is not a reporting guideline/ providing guidance on reporting meta-ethnography | 1. Reports on methodological issuesa in conducting meta-ethnography OR 2. Is a reporting guideline for or provides guidance on reporting qualitative syntheses including meta-ethnography |
3. Published before 1988 (date of the publication of the original meta-ethnography text by Noblit and Hare) | 3. Published after 1988 |
4. Theses below PhD level | 4. Book, book chapter, journal article/ editorial, report or PhD thesis |
5. Any language | |
6. Any discipline or topic (not just health related) |