Table 2 Eligibility criteria for article selection

Title and abstract eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Exclusion

 Physicians and/or RNs in the sample, AND

 Non-English studies, OR

 Must include reasons or factors that precipitate or influence individual non-participation in legally available care, AND

 Studies that included other health professional groups, OR

 Must be within one of these healthcare areas: end-of-life care, reproductive technology, and health, genetic testing, organ or tissue donation, OR

 Studies included nursing or medical students

 The article speaks to the physician or RN CO in one of the identified healthcare areas

Additional full-text eligibility criteria

Additional inclusion

Additional exclusion

 Must be a research study (as opposed to a theoretical discussion of constructs), AND

Conference abstract, OR

 Care must be legally available where the study was conducted

 The findings had aggregate results that included students or individuals other than RNs or physicians in the sample, OR

 The study included multiple jurisdictions, and the care is not legally available in all areas identified in the study, OR

 The care area was not identified