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Table 1 Sources of literature and reasons for discarding search findings

From: A systematic review of the literature on ethical aspects of transitional care between child- and adult-orientated health services

Database

Search timeframe 01.01.00 to

Titles viewed

Abstracts viewed

Papers viewed

Papers included

Examples of what excluded publications considered

Project MUSE

07.03.16

132

8

1

0

Transition to adulthood; other types of transition such as marriage and cohabitation, child bearing, employment, school to employment, high school to college, immigration, political (democracy); other interfaces, e.g. between psychiatry, psychology and philosophy; and other types of transfer, e.g. transfer of technologies between countries

PubMed

20.03.16

175

6

3

130

The structure of CAMHS in a number of geographical locations; ethical aspects of psychiatric assessment of young people in immigrant detention; transition to end-of-life care; and the process of transition from child to adult healthcare in the context of ASD but without consideration of ethical issues

PsycINFO

20.03.16

70

4

1

0

Moral dilemmas in psychiatry (but not addressing transition), capacity to consent and the transition to end-of-life care

EMBASE

20.03.16

126

4

3

131

A narrative summary of the transition process within the context of chronic illness and a discussion of the ethical aspects of the treatment of chronic conditions which made no reference to the issue of transition

Web of Science

20.03.16

309

16

6

130

systematic reviews of the literature on transition that did not consider the ethical/legal aspects of transition, and articles which considered practical issues regarding transition but did not attend to the ethical/legal issues

CINAHL

20.03.16

55

2

2

0

supporting young people in transition, service design, and the treatment of young people with specific mental illnesses

Lexis Library

21.03.16

4668

6

0

0

records about transitions specific to youth justice and implications of mental and public health policy

Westlaw UK

27.03.16

1325

2

0

0

services specifically for offenders which did not focus on health

Google Scholar advanced search

04.04.16

53,281

28

15

0

Transition between child and adult (including mental health) services, which did not focus on ethical aspects

ProQuest advanced search

30.03.16

22,340

20

16

0

Processes related to and readiness for transition and ethical issues of transition, especially trust, but from hospital to specialist home care rather than child-adult services