Table 2 Main objectives of the included 102 articles and specialism of the authors
Main objective/specialism | Number of publications1 |
|---|---|
Ethical issues | 35 (34%) |
Ethics + Law/Quality of life/Psychology/Health Economics/Health Policy | 4 (4%) |
Legal issues | 15 (15%) |
Law + Health Policy | 2 (2%) |
Medical issues/effectiveness evaluation | 12 (12%) |
Quality of life research | 10 (10%) |
Quality of life + psychology | 3 (3%) |
Psychological issues | 9 (9%) |
Health Economics | 4 (4%) |
Health Policy | 4 (4%) |
Socio-cultural issues | 1 (1%) |
Others | 3 (3%) |