Sheila Payne is an applied social scientist with a background in nursing. Over the last twenty years she has been involved in leading and contributing to research and teaching about research methods in palliative care. She has a special interest in end-of-life care for older people, family caregivers and bereavement support. She currently holds the Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies based at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, UK. She is also co-director of a large five year programme of collaborative research and development called the Cancer Experiences Collaborative. Sheila has published widely in academic and professional journals.

• Introduction1. What is a literature review?2. Different methods for doing a literature review3. What research and other evidence should I include in my literature review?4. How do I search for relevant literature?5. Selection of relevant papers and data extraction6. Critical appraisal of the literature7. How do I analyse and synthesize my literature?8. How do I write up my literature review?AppendixReferencesIndex

Sheila Payne is an applied social scientist with a background in nursing. Over the last twenty years she has been involved in leading and contributing to research and teaching about research methods in palliative care. She has a special interest in end-of-life care for older people, family caregivers and bereavement support. She currently holds the Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies based at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, UK. She is also co-director of a large five year programme of collaborative research and development called the Cancer Experiences Collaborative. Sheila has published widely in academic and professional journals.

• Introduction1. What is a literature review?2. Different methods for doing a literature review3. What research and other evidence should I include in my literature review?4. How do I search for relevant literature?5. Selection of relevant papers and data extraction6. Critical appraisal of the literature7. How do I analyse and synthesize my literature?8. How do I write up my literature review?AppendixReferencesIndex

Sheila Payne is an applied social scientist with a background in nursing. Over the last twenty years she has been involved in leading and contributing to research and teaching about research methods in palliative care. She has a special interest in end-of-life care for older people, family caregivers and bereavement support. She currently holds the Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies based at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, UK. She is also co-director of a large five year programme of collaborative research and development called the Cancer Experiences Collaborative. Sheila has published widely in academic and professional journals.

• Introduction1. What is a literature review?2. Different methods for doing a literature review3. What research and other evidence should I include in my literature review?4. How do I search for relevant literature?5. Selection of relevant papers and data extraction6. Critical appraisal of the literature7. How do I analyse and synthesize my literature?8. How do I write up my literature review?AppendixReferencesIndex