The Essential Guide to Doing a Health and Social Care Literature Review

Written by an established author with long experience of supporting students doing literature reviews, this invaluable text offers logical and insightful advice on all aspects of literature review methodology, from problem identification, to synthesizing information, to forming conclusions. Beginning with a chapter on what makes a good literature review, so that readers are confident about what they’re aiming for, subsequent chapters reflect the structure of a typical dissertation by literature review, making the text very easy to navigate. Regular case examples illustrate how the methodology works in practice and a troubleshooting guide provides help on common problems that can occur.