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Table 3 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

From: Comparison of the experience of caregiving at end of life or in hastened death: a narrative synthesis review

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Research published in peer-reviewed journals

Ethical or legal reviews

Published in English

Not about caregiver experience

Hospice or palliative care

Case reports, personal essays

Life expectancy < 6 months

Patient has died, caregiver is bereaved

Animal studies

Qualitative, interview-based studies

Patients under age 18

Patient elected hastened death (hastened death review only)

Quantitative

 

Patient elected hastened death (end of life review only)