"This book is written to be used by healthcare undergraduate and graduate students, as well as nurses and other healthcare and health policy professionals to easily follow towards completing one's own literature review and synthesis. We attempt to include the many types of literature reviews that commonly provide information for healthcare professionals. While systematic reviews are imperative to clinical decision making, we highlight other types of literature reviews that are essential to holistically incorporating multiple study types and diverse forms of information. We provide references to well-known, as well as lesser-known resources that inform the literature review and synthesis process"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction to literature review and synthesis --Literature review and synthesis typology -- Preparing for the literature review and synthesis -- Searching the literature -- Screening, appraising, and extracting the literature -- Synthesizing the literature -- Publishing your literature review -- Literature review and synthesis implications on healthcare research, practice, policy, and public messaging.