Lisa O'Malley

TL;DR: A framework for conducting a scoping study is outlined based on recent experiences of reviewing the literature on services for carers for people with mental health problems and it is suggested that a wider debate is called for about the role of the scoped study in relation to other types of literature reviews.

TL;DR: It is suggested that there is an emerging concordance between the lay use of the internet for health and illness and dominant (generally) biomedical conceptions of what constitutes "good quality" health information.

TL;DR: A cross-sectional web-based survey with clinicians, educators, researchers, knowledge users, representatives from community-based organizations, graduate students, and policy stakeholders with experience and/or interest in conducting scoping studies to gain an understanding of experiences and perspectives on the conduct and reporting of scoped studies.

TL;DR: This paper reports on a qualitative study, which explores the narratives of patients, who live with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) and who have not secured a diagnostic label, and the 'chaotic' structure of their illness narratives.

TL;DR: A scoping review is a type of literature review that analyzes the evidence and synthesises the evidence in a particular topic area to determine whether or not a book should be classified as recommendable for publication.