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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO DOING A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LITERATURE REVIEW

This step-by- step guide takes the reader logically through the process of undertaking a literature review, from determining when this methodology might be useful, through to publishing the findings. It is designed particularly for students undertaking a dissertation using literature review methodology. However, it also caters for practitioners who wish to review the existing evidence in order to develop practice.

Key features of the text include:

a chapter on what makes a good literature review, so that readers are clear and confident about what theyre aiming for;

discussion of the value of literature reviews, whether for fulfilling the requirements of a course or for developing practice;

a chapter structure that reflects the structure of a typical dissertation by literature review, making the material intuitive and easy to navigate;

case examples throughout to illustrate how methodological principles work in practice;

a troubleshooting guide to provide support and advice on common problems when carrying out a literature review;

advice on the dissemination of findings.

Written by an established author with significant experience teaching and supervising students doing literature reviews, this invaluable text offers systematic and insightful advice on all aspects of literature review methodology, from problem identification to synthesizing information to forming conclusions. It is ideal for any student or practitioner in health and social care looking to undertake a literature review for study or practice purposes.

Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Practice Development at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University, UK. She has a wealth of experience teaching in research and offering support as a tutor and supervisor for dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her most recent books are Developing Person-Centred Practice (2015) and Managing Change in Healthcare: A Step by Step Guide (2013).

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO DOING A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE LITERATURE REVIEW

Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor

First published 2017
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Names: Hewitt-Taylor, Jaqui, author.
Title: The essential guide to doing a health and social care literature review / Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. Identifiers: LCCN 2016046383| ISBN 9781138186910 (hardback) | ISBN 9781138186927 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781315643472 (ebook) Subjects: | MESH: Health Services Researchmethods | Review Literature as Topic | Abstracting and Indexing as Topic | Research Design
Classification: LCC RA409 | NLM W 84.3 | DDC
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LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016046383

ISBN: 978-1-138-18691-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-18692-7 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-64347-2 (ebk)

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Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

1: What is literature review methodology?

PART I
The context and background of literature review methodology

2: Why carry out a review of the literature?

3: What constitutes a good literature review?

PART II
The process and practicalities of literature review methodology

4: The background and rationale

5: Developing the review question and aims

6: Carrying out the search

7: Appraising the literature

8: Synthesizing the evidence

9: Discussing the findings

10: Drawing conclusions and making recommendations

11: Disseminating the findings from a literature review

12: Literature review methodology summarized

Troubleshooting guide

References

Index

Figures

2.1 The Fishbone Diagram

2.2 Problem Tree analysis

Tables

2.1 The Five Whys

6.1 Examples of search terms

I acknowledge with thanks my eleven-year-old son Johns assistance with the writing of this book: providing me with much needed breaks to play with Lego, trains, and to try to master the art of Minecraft.

Chapter 1
What is literature review methodology?

It is generally agreed that practice should be based on the current best evidence. However, in order to achieve this, we need to know what the current best evidence is. Literature review methodology can be a useful part of establishing this.

Not all the evidence that exists is good evidence, so it is necessary to evaluate any evidence that we find, or are presented with, in order to determine how much heed should be paid to it. In addition, there is often more than one piece of evidence on a given subject, and the actions recommended across sources are not always consistent. Finally, some evidence is perfectly good for what it claims to be, but is not sufficient, of itself, to really convince us that it should be acted on. Therefore, in order for our practice to be directed by the current best evidence, all the existing information on a subject needs to be identified, evaluated and synthesized so that the nature and strength of that evidence when viewed as a whole is known.

Despite the desirability of identifying the current composite best evidence in this way, the ever-increasing body of literature related to health and social care can make it very difficult for individual practitioners to achieve in any field of practice (Uman 2011). Good quality reviews of the existing literature, that provide a rigorously derived summary of what is and is not currently known about a subject, and the strength of the evidence that exists, can therefore be very useful. Nonetheless, like any evidence, in order to be useful, such reviews must themselves be of good quality. One intention of this book is to explore, step by step, the process of using literature review methodology to conduct a rigorous review of the existing literature on a particular subject. First, though, what a study that uses literature review methodology is requires clarification.

1.1 What is a literature review?

A literature review is exactly what the name suggests: a review of the existing literature on a subject. However, the term encompasses a number of different types of review, ranging from essays that do not claim to be particularly rigorous or systematic, through to systematic reviews (Aveyard 2014: 23). All of these approaches gather and present existing literature on a particular subject. However, the level of rigour with which reviews are conducted, and whether their intention is to identify, analyse and collate all the existing literature on a specific topic, varies, depending upon the type of review in question.

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