Table 1 Details of primary studies
Country | Primary study title | Aim | Participants | Patient consent | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | Medical and ethical quality of care when taking EoL decisions. | To develop a guideline for general practitioners (GPs) on EoL communication with patients who wish to die at home. | Patients with terminal illnesses (n = 17). | Informed consent was obtained verbally. | Belgian Science Policy. |
The Netherlands | End-of-life care in general practice in the Netherlands. | To explore the aspects valued by both patients and GPs in EoL care at home. | Patients with terminal illnesses in the care of a GP (n = 30). | Written informed consent obtained. | Centre for Development of Palliative Care Amsterdam, and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports. |
United Kingdom | Ethnicity and cancer: examining psychosocial transitions for older people. | To investigate the cultural constructs of loss, transition, and adaptation when encountering a diagnosis of a life threatening illness; to elicit narratives from older adults about their experiences of cancer diagnosis. | Chinese (n = 24) and white (n = 47) hospice day centre patients. | Written informed consent obtained. | Dimbleby Cancer Care. |