Table 1 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

Children 12 years and below with a parent dying of a life-limiting illness (including but not limited to cancers, end organ disease/failure and neurological conditions)

Children aged 13 years and above or already bereaved. Dying patient is a sibling/child, or an adult on whom the child is not dependent. Potential or final cause of death not due to life-limiting illness (e.g., suicide, drowning, road traffic accident)

Empirical studies including perspectives from health, social and spiritual care professionals working in a clinical capacity where they support terminally ill patients (including but not limited to Palliative Medicine, Oncology and Geriatrics). Such professionals include doctors, nurses, social workers, allied health, counsellors and chaplains

Studies that exclusively include stakeholders apart from health professionals, e.g., child, parent. Studies where patients received terminal or end-of-life care in Intensive Treatment Unit/ Accident and Emergency Department

Articles published in peer-reviewed journals from year 2000 onwards

Articles published before year 2000 in publications that are not peer-reviewed

Articles written and published in English, including English translations of articles written in other languages

Articles with no official English translation

Includes qualitative and quantitative studies of any design

Excludes opinion pieces, editorials, reviews and other grey literature