Table 3 Summary of included studies
First author | Year | Country | Methodology | Legally available care area | Profession | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Botes [29] | 2000 | South Africa | Qualitative | Reproductive health | RN | n = 1200 (open-ended questionnaire) and 22 focus groups |
Bouthillier [34] | 2019 | Canada | Qualitative | Medical assistance in dying | Physician | n = 22 individual interviews |
Clymin [32] | 2012 | Washington, USA | Mixed Methods (qualitative analysis of open text responses) | Physician-assisted dying | RN | n = 582 |
Curlin [31] | 2008 | Illinois, USA | Qualitative | Reproductive health | Physician | n = 19 |
Dawson [27] | 2017 | South Wales, Australia | Qualitative | Reproductive health | Physician | n = 28 and one focus group |
Diniz [33] | 2014 | Brazil | Mixed Methods | Reproductive health | Physician | n = 1690 quantitative |
n = 50 qualitative | ||||||
Escher [36] | 2000 | Switzerland | Quantitative | Genetic testing | Physician | n = 259 (response rate of 64%) |
Harris [23] | 2011 | USA | Quantitative | Reproductive health | Physician | n = 1154 (response rate of 66%) |
Holt [22] | 2017 | USA | Quantitative | Reproductive health | Physician | n = 744 (response rate of 29%) |
Marek [24] | 2004 | California, USA | Quantitative | Reproductive health | RN | n-75 (response rate of 49%) |
Nordberg [21] | 2014 | Norway | Qualitative | Reproductive health | Physician | n = 7 individual interviews |
Seelig [25] | 2006 | USA | Quantitative | Reproductive health | Physician | n = 419 (response rate 53%) |
Smith [35] | 2017 | Australia | Qualitative | Organ procurement | RN | n = 35 individual interviews |
Stevens [28] | 2017 | Massachusetts, USA | Quantitative | End-of-Life, Physician-assisted dying, reproductive health | RN | n-297 (response rate 42%) |
Tilburt [30] | 2013 | USA | Quantitative | Reproductive healtha | Physician | n = 1032 (response rate 54%) |
Willems [26] | 2000 | Oregon (USA) & Netherlands | Qualitative | End-of-Life, Physician-assisted dying, Euthanasia | Physician | n = 152 in Oregon |
n = 67 in the Netherlands |