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Writing narrative style literature reviews

Ferrari, Rossella·2015·Medical Writing

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Reviews provide a synthesis of published literature on a topic and describe its current state-of-art. Reviews in clinical research are thus useful when designing studies or developing practice guidelines. The two standard types of reviews are (a) systematic and (b) non-systematic or narrative review. Unlike systematic reviews that benefit from guidelines such as PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) statement, there are no acknowledged guidelines for narrative reviews. I have attempted to define the best practice recommendations for the preparation of a narrative review in clinical research. The quality of a narrative review may be improved by borrowing from the systematic review methodologies that are aimed at reducing bias in the selection of articles for review and employing an effective bibliographic research strategy. The dynamics of narrative review writing, the organizational pattern of the text, the analysis, and the synthesis processes are also discussed.

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Authors: Ferrari, R.
Corresponding author: Ferrari, Rossella
Venue: Medical Writing
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2015-12
Volume: 24
Issue: 4
Pages: 230-235
ISSN: 2047-4806 (ISSN-L)
2047-4814
DOI: 10.1179/2047480615z.000000000329
OpenAlex: W2239104709
Cited by: 1,907
References: 25
Citations by year: 2026: 462 · 2025: 327 · 2024: 273 · 2023: 212 · 2022: 214 · 2021: 175 · 2020: 122 · 2019: 65 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 1
FWCI: 16.42
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Medical Writing (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
Social Sciences › Library and Information Sciences › Academic Writing and Publishing
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
Keywords: literature review writing, clinical research, best practice recommendations, systematic reviews, text structure

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