Efficiency of searching the grey literature in palliative care

Cook, Alison M., Finlay, Ilora G., Edwards, Adrian G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446, Hood, Kerenza, Higginson, Irene J., Goodwin, Danielle M., Normand, Charles E. and Douglas, Hannah-Rose 2001. Efficiency of searching the grey literature in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 22 (3) , pp. 797-801. 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00315-3

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Abstract

A systematic review into palliative care team effectiveness was undertaken which has, inherent in its methodology, grey literature searching. Over 100 letters were written to a systematically chosen range of service providers, commissioners, and experts in combination with requests for information in six UK national cancer/palliative care organization newsletters. In addition, the System for Information on Grey Literature (SIGLE ) database was searched. As a result, 25 document hard copies were received. The documents were, in all but one case (this one study was also highlighted by the SIGLE search), not relevant as they were predominated by annual reports, service descriptions, and needs assessments. In terms of obtaining unpublished studies for possible inclusion in the review, this comprehensive search was unsuccessful and, therefore, it would appear that grey literature searching is not a useful tool in palliative care systematic reviews.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Systematic review, grey literature, palliative care
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0885-3924
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 08:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/71054

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