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“A literature review is a specific type of academic essay that synthesizes and evaluates the relevant scholarship on a particular topic, for you it will be narrow in scope and related to your research question:

- the same (or similary) population

- the same disease state

- SOMETHING in the literature needs to be used to build your case.

A literature review does not contain any new research, but rather is an overview and critique of work that already has been published.

These essays are like book reviews, but examine a whole group of scholarly journal articles or books rather than just one book. Writing a literature review often serves as a first step before embarking on a research project. Most large-scale research projects—like a doctoral dissertation—incorporate a literature review as a formal component.

Overall, writing a literature review will help you obtain a better understanding of a specific area of knowledge, and also give you insight into some of the major concerns and debates within a particular discipline.