A Postgraduate's Guide to Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care, 2e

Helen Aveyard, Sheila Payne, Nancy Preston

Print ISBN: 9780335249916 Ebook ISBN: 9780335249923

Published June 2021

This text is a comprehensive, highly readable guide to how to undertake a literature review in health and social care, tailored specifically for postgraduate study. Essential reading for all those undertaking any study at post-graduate level, the book provides clarity and a step by step approach to doing a literature review from start to finish which will enable you to:

• Identify which type of review is appropriate for your study

• Select the literature that you need to include in your review

• Search for, appraise and analyse relevant literature

• Write up your review

Crucially the book explores the common features of a broad range of types of literature review, which serve different functions – including the literature review that is a pre-requisite prior to a larger empirical study, and the literature review that is a study in its own right

What's Important?

With real-life examples of written research and succinct summaries at the end of each chapter.

The ideal text for students wanting to get the very most from their study