A review on the development and practice of hospital based palliative care.

        In the methods chapter, the first step is to clearly set out the aims, objectives or research questions.. Next, comprehensive details of the search strategy and selection process should be provided which clearly states the eligibility criteria for the inclusion or exclusion of studies. Following on, the process used to extract data and appraise the quality of the included studies should be detailed. It is important to highlight which tools or frameworks were used to structure these steps and a rationale for your choice should be debated. Finally, the last step should describe the process for analysing and presenting the data from the included studies. A conclusion of the methods and a link to the next chapter should be provided in the conclusion. The structure of this chapter must provide details of the actual processes used to search, extract, quality appraise and analyse data from the included studies which could include the following subheadings: • Introduction • Aim, Objectives and Research Question • Methods o Inclusion and Exclusion criteria (PICO) o Search strategy o Data extraction o Quality Appraisal o Data analysis o Data synthesis • Conclusion