... today's practice. Throughout the assignment the author will be referring to a framework for reviewing and evaluating, the framework is from Cormack, (Cormack, 2000). Literature Review One of the first major steps that should be carried out in research is a literature review. This is when a researcher should seek out other research work that has been carried out previously on the same issue. Researchers could benefit from what has been done before and perhaps thereafter they can offer something in return. Sadly this step is sometimes missed out by researchers who are to keen to move on and start their data collection. By reviewing previous literature many ideas and perspectives can be gained, this can aid in the formulation of research questions and will also prevent the exact same research being carried out twice, (Parahoo, 1997). Birtwistle et al describe how many of today's district nurses provide follow-up bereavement visits and offer ...

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