title: Systematic reviews and meta-analysis.
abstract: Systematic reviews form a potential method for overcoming the barriers faced by clinicians when trying to access and interpret evidence to inform their practice. This fourth article in the Evidence-Based Medicine and Healthcare series of the Singapore Medical Journal introduces readers to systematic reviews, outlining why they are important, describing their methods and providing readers with the skills to recognise and understand a reliable review.
authors.affiliation: Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Locked Bag 29, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. sally.green@med.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012196:Review Literature as Topic