This book will be the essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students across nursing, health and social care. It will guide students on how to undertake a critical review of literature. -
Susan Ashton, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University
Coughlan, et als book is what I, and other lecturers who teach dissertation skills, have been waiting for. From a students point of view, it really is a one-stop-shop, in terms of having everything that they will need, throughout writing a literature review. Plain speaking, and informative, it is a must-have resource for students, especially those who are doing a dissertation by literature review -
Stephanie Millns Sizer, Lecturer in Health Sciences, University of York
"In this slim volume, the authors--all of whom are nursing faculty members--provide a decent and very readable overview of the literature review process....While the intended audience is nursing and social work professionals, as the title suggests, the book is written generally enough to be of interest to anyone in the health care profession who is seeking a practical introduction to the literature review process. Overall, this fine volume should appeal to a broad audience of research novices.
Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students; practitioners." -- M.P. MacEachern * CHOICE *
The book has been well thought out and covers the important elements of literature reviews in a simplified way, which is helpful to health and social care professionals who are often undertaking their studies on a part-time basis. The key strength of this book is the application of the knowledge and the guidance of readers to undertake their own literature review. In a systematic way it clearly outlines the skills and knowledge that are required with supportive examples.
-- Dr Jo Wilson
