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Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities

Library Presentation on Literature Review Resources

Searching for Literature

Week 1 Readings

Week 2 Readings

Reviewing Literature in Bioethics Research: Increasing Rigour in Non-Systematic Reviews
In defence of the bioethics scoping review: Largely systematic literature reviewing with broad utility
A typology of reviews: an analysis of 14 review types and associated methodologies
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Different types of review articles are described along with perceived strengths/weaknesses; includes a nice summary table.
A systematic approach to searching: An efficient and complete method to develop literature searches

Example Reviews:

Week 4 Readings

Week 5 Readings

Week 6 Readings

Week 7 Readings

A Treatise of Human Nature by Hume - Book III: Of Morals
PART I.: of virtue and vice in general
Read: “Section I. Moral distinctions not derived from reason,” & “Section II. Moral distinctions derived from a moral sense.”
Realizing Bioethics' Goals in Practice: Ten Ways "Is" Can Help "Ought"
Appropriate Methodologies for Empirical Bioethics: It’s All Relative
The Vagueness of Integrating the Empirical and the Normative: Researchers’ Views on Doing Empirical Bioethics

Week 8 Readings

Research across the disciplines: A road map for quality criteria in empirical ethics research.
Questioning Numbers: How to Read and Critique Research
Not Available through the Library
Critical Appraisal of Clinical Research
How to Read a Paper: Papers That Go beyond Numbers (Qualitative Research)
An Introduction to Philosophy - Stanford University
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently