A Post-Graduate's Guide to Doing a Literature Review: In Health and Social Care - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0335249914 ISBN 13: 9780335249916

Publisher: Open University Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

With real-life examples of written research and succinct summaries at the end of each chapter, A Post-Graduate’s Guide to Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care is the ideal text for students wanting to get the very most from their study.

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About the Author

Sheila Payne is an applied social scientist with a background in nursing. Over the last twenty years she has been involved in leading and contributing to research and teaching about research methods in palliative care. She has a special interest in end-of-life care for older people, family caregivers and bereavement support. She currently holds the Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies based at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, UK. She is also co-director of a large five year programme of collaborative research and development called the Cancer Experiences Collaborative. Sheila has published widely in academic and professional journals.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335249914
• ISBN 13: 9780335249916
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 200