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“A number of authors [18-20] suggest drawing on the sampling techniques of primary qualitative research, including principles of theoretical sampling and theoretical saturation, when conducting a synthesis of qualitative literature.”
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“Only those studies that did not meet the inclusion criteria in some clear and uncontestable manner were excluded, to minimize the risk of relevant studies being discarded (Paterson et al., 2001).”
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