Biomedical ethics

Guidance specific to bioethics

• Kahrass H, Borry P, Gastmans C, Ives J, van der Graaf R, Strech D, et al. RESERVE - REporting of SystEmatic ReViews in Ethics: Development, explanations and examples. Bioethics Open Research. 2023;1(4).
• McDougall R. Systematic reviews in bioethics: Types, challenges, and value. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine. 2013;39(1):89-97.
• McDougall, R. Reviewing literature in bioethics research: Increasing rigour in non-systematic reviews. Bioethics. 2015;29(7), 523-528. doi:10.1111/bioe.12149
• Parsons JA, Johal HK. In defence of the bioethics scoping review: Largely systematic literature reviewing with broad utility. Bioethics. 2022;36(4):423-33.
•  Strech D, Sofaer N. How to write a systematic review of reasons. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2012;38(2):121.
   

General guidance by McGill Libraries

• Systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and other knowledge syntheses - Guide produced by McGill librarians focusing on systematic reviews and scoping reviews
• Librarian Involvement in Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, and Other Knowledge Syntheses - Information on services provided by McGill librarians to support the production of knowledge syntheses

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