Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care: A Step-by-Step Guide

Are you seeking to understand, design, or conduct a literature review to enhance the quality of care in health and social care settings? Look no further! This fifth edition of “Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care” by Helen Aveyard provides a straightforward and accessible manual for successfully understanding and conducting literature reviews.

Expert Endorsements

“If you want to understand, design, or carry out a literature review to improve the quality of care that you or others deliver, then look no further.” – Dr. Ray Samuriwo, Associate Professor in Adult Nursing, University of Bradford, UK

“If I was to endorse only one research book in the future – this one would be it.” – Ruth Trout, Senior Lecturer in Acute Care, Programme and BSc Dissertation Lead, MSc Dissertation Supervisor, Buckinghamshire New University, UK

“This new edition provides the straightforward and accessible manual for successfully understanding and conducting literature reviews that we have come to expect from Aveyard.” – Victoria Sweetmore, University of Derby, UK

A Comprehensive Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

This best-selling book is an essential resource for students, researchers, and healthcare professionals in all areas of health and social care. Whether you’re working on your undergraduate dissertation or any study that involves conducting a literature review, this guide will walk you through the process from start to finish.

The new edition maintains its signature ‘can do’ approach and provides a practical guide to:

• Overcoming challenges in the literature review process with real-life examples
• Crafting a clear research question
• Developing a robust search strategy using the latest technology
• Applying critical appraisal tools with confidence
• Presentation and application of findings in practice
• Writing a clear and concise literature review

With its expanded guide to critical appraisal tools and increased emphasis on presenting findings in practice, this book is vital reading for anyone new to reviewing and presenting evidence in a literature review.

About the Author

Helen Aveyard is a Principal Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, with a background in nursing. She is co-author of “A Postgraduate’s Guide to Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care”, “A Beginner’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practice”, and “A Beginner’s Guide to Critical Thinking and Writing in Health and Social Care”.

Product Details:

Publisher: Open University Press

Edition: 5th edition (April 13, 2023)

Language: English

Paperback: 220 pages

ISBN-10: 0335251943

ISBN-13: 978-0335251940