A Post-Graduate's Guide to Doing a Literature Review: In Health and Social Care (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780335249916)

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.


Author: Helen Aveyard
ISBN-10: 0335249914
ISBN-13: 9780335249916
Publisher: Open University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/10/2021
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.25w x 0.43d