8.3 Narrative Reviews – Pharmacy
Beverley Glass
What are Narrative Reviews in Pharmacy?
Narrative reviews are aimed at identifying and summarizing what has previously been published. Their general applications include exploring existing debates, the appraisal of previous studies conducted on a certain topic, identifying knowledge gaps, and speculating on the latest interventions available.
View the following Narrative Review, which does not include a methods section but presents an INTRODUCTION, a MAIN CONTENT (Perspectives on the Product of Pharmacists – Heading), and which includes under this main heading a number of subheadings eg beginning with Product as a tangible object. This main content contains both tables and figures and the paper is finished with a CONCLUSION.
Research example
Perspectives on the pharmacist’s “product”: a narrative review David A. Holdford
References: Specialised advice for planning, research and writing narrative Reviews from the JCU Library
- Types of Reviews. Available at https://libguides.jcu.edu.au/reviews/types
- Literature Review – Getting Started. Available at https://libguides.jcu.edu.au/pharmacy
- Writing a narrative review for peer-reviewed journals. Available at https://familymedicine.med.wayne.edu/mph/project/green_2006_narrative_literature_reviews.pdf
- Writing an effective narrative review (YouTube) Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1454uPM70I
- Literature Reviews: Introduction: What, Who and Why. Available at https://libguides.jcu.edu.au/litreview
- Writing narrative style literature reviews. Available 2047480615z2e000000000329 (1)