Systematic reviews introduction according to the cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions a systematic review attempts to gather all empirical evidence that fits pre specified criteria in order to answer a specific research question. An introduction to systematic reviews d n sara miller mccune founded sage publishing in 1965 to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community sage publishes more than 1000 journals and over 800 new books each year spanning a wide range of subject areas. 2 20 2012 3 outline 1 introduction need for reviews 2 typology and terminology steps in a systematic review 3 formulating an answerable question. Focused on actively using systematic review as method this book provides clear step by step advice on the logic and processes of systematic reviewing stressing the importance of precision and accuracy this new edition carefully balances a need for insightful theory with real world pragmatism it introduces a wide range of cutting edge approaches to research synthesis including text mining . An introduction to systematic reviews systematic reviews with their ability to quality filter and synthesize large amounts of evidence and provide the foundation for practice guidelines are