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Systematic reviews: a social work perspective
Systematic reviews are gaining prominence and recognition as being an important methodological approach to dealing with ever growing amounts of research data, and recent years have seen the development of guidelines for both the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews. Initially systematic reviews came to prominence as a method for synthesising data emerging from Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) but increasingly the term “systematic review” is being used in regards to reviews of studies of a wide range of research designs. However, among Australian social workers, utilisation and conduct of systematic reviews has been limited. This paper will explore the question of what a systematic review is, introduce some of the key issues in undertaking such a review, and explore the implications of the emergence of systematic reviews from a social work perspective.
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Australian social workVolume
68Issue
3Pagination
284 - 295Publisher
RoutledgeLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0312-407XeISSN
1447-0748Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2015, Australian Association of Social WorkersUsage metrics
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