TY - JOUR T1 - Broadening the evidence base and the mind when thinking about mixed methods research JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 80 LP - 80 DO - 10.1136/ebmed-2014-110165 VL - 20 IS - 2 AU - Rachel Shaw Y1 - 2015/04/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/20/2/80.abstract N2 - On behalf of my coauthors, Dr Michael Larkin and Professor Paul Flowers, and I would like to thank Dr Pierre Pluye for his letter in response to our article.1 Dr Pluye supported our argument that a broader evidence base is needed in evidence-based healthcare. He provided the readers of this journal with important additional information which updates them on the progress in the area of mixed studies reviews and further detail about the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT).2Since writing our … ER -