An analysis of current practices in undertaking literature reviews in nursing: Findings from a focused mapping review and synthesis

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Aveyard, Helen ^a   Bradbury Jones, Caroline ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence synthesis; Literature review; Meta ethnography; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LITERATURE; NURSING; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; NURSING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85065871352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-019-0751-7     Document Type: Article

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