Table 3 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Population

Professionals in a palliative care and hospice context: nurses, physicians, social workers, chaplains working in locations where assisted dying is allowed

Patients, public, other carers. Locations where assisted dying, including euthanasia and assisted suicide is not allowed

Intervention

Hastened Death, Euthanasia, Suicide, Assisted Suicide, Physician Assisted Suicide

Outcomes

Professionals’ experiences with patients who died by suicide, self-administered medications prescribed by clinician, or administration of medications by clinician with intent to hasten death

Research that does not include information about direct experiences: involvement, attitudes, communication, views

Study design

Any research method/design

Opinion pieces; editorials

Reporting (language/time period)

English

Data obtained from reports from inception to present

Studies conducted prior to implementation of assisted dying laws, code, or ruling of each country or state