No room for reflexivity? Critical reflections following a systematic review of qualitative research

@article{Newton2012NoRF,
  title={No room for reflexivity? Critical reflections following a systematic review of qualitative research},
  author={Benjamin John Newton and Zuzana. Rothlingova and Robin Gutteridge and Karen LeMarchand and Jon H. Raphael},
  journal={Journal of Health Psychology},
  year={2012},
  volume={17},
  pages={866 - 885}
}
We conducted a systematic search of qualitative research into the individual’s experience of chronic low back pain. Two reviewers independently read through 740 unique abstracts. Inter-rater reliability was fair. The final sample comprised 19 articles which we critiqued using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklist. This article focuses on the critical appraisal. Limitations include a lack of an adequate rationale for the theoretical framework, a lack of an account for the decisions… 
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