Providing a comprehensive guide for understanding, interpreting and synthesizing qualitative studies, this book shows how data can be collated together effectively to summarize existing bodies of knowledge and to create a more complete picture of findings across different studies. This accessible book fully explains the qualitative research synthesis approach; provides advice and examples of findings; describes the process of establishing credibility in the research process; provides annotated examples of the work in process; references published examples of the approach across a wide variety of fields.