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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Attitudes of physicians, nurses, and the general public toward End-of-Life (EoL) decisions in European countries: an umbrella review

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Quantitative, qualitative, or mix-methods systematic reviews

• Focus on attitudes toward at least one or more of the following EoL practices or issues: withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatments, euthanasia, PAS, patient refusal of life-sustaining interventions, palliative sedation or ACP

• Citizens, physicians, nurses, or a combination of physicians and nurses as participants

• At least one sample of participants from European countries

• Primary empirical research, including those misclassified as systematic reviews by PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO

• Unclear whether participants were physicians, nurses, or citizens

• Unclear country of origin of participants

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BMC Medical Ethics

ISSN: 1472-6939

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