Table 4 Included study content coding and themes
Themed factors | Content codes | The number of times the content code was applied | The article where the code was applied (by the first author) |
|---|---|---|---|
HCPs’ characteristics | Age and experience | 4 | Harris, Holt, Marek, Nordberg |
Gender | 3 | Willems, Holt, Harris | |
Place of practice | 3 | Harris, Holt, Seelig | |
HCPs’ personal beliefs | Individual preferences | 6 | Botes, Dawson, Stevens, Marek, Holt |
Normative conventions | 3 | Botes, Tilburt, Curlin | |
Moral imperatives and conviction | 8 | Bouthillier, Clymin, Dawson, Tilburt, Nordberg, Marek, Smith, Diniz | |
Religious tenets | 13 | Botes, Bouthillier, Clymin, Diniz, Harris, Holt, Nordberg, Tilburt, Willems, Curlin, Stevens, Smith, Dawson | |
HCPs’ professional ethos | Professional tenets | 3 | Botes, Bouthillier, Curlin |
Application of ethics | 6 | Escher, Holt, Nordberg, Curlin, Smith, Marek | |
Emotional labour considerations | Community perception, stigma, and judgement | 4 | Dawson, Smith, Bouthillier, Diniz |
Emotions and fear | 3 | Bouthillier, Dawson, Clymin | |
Legal and professional risk | 4 | Bouthillier, Clymin, Diniz, Willems | |
Violence | 1 | Seelig | |
System and clinical practice considerations | Perceived competence/lack of knowledge | 5 | Bouthillier, Clymin, Dawson, Holt, Smith |
Time, workload and logistics | 3 | Bouthillier, Dawson, Smith | |
Preference for other care options, concern for lack of available follow-up care, alternative medical management | 4 | Escher, Harris, Bouthillier, Clymin | |
Someone else can or should provide the care | 6 | Seelig, Botes, Clymin, Dawson, Holt, Nordberg | |
System factors | 4 | Clymin, Dawson, Holt, Smith | |
Patient-related considerations | 6 | Diniz, Harris, Holt, Marek, Willems, Curlin |