. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 10.

Published in final edited form as: Palliat Med. 2022 Dec 7;37(4):460–474. doi: 10.1177/02692163221124426

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria

• English language, full-text available from January 1, 2010 to November 6, 2020	• Languages other than English or full-text unavailable
	• Grey literature, editorials, opinion pieces, conference abstracts, and non peer-reviewed studies
• Qualitative and quantitative studies in peer-reviewed literature
• Participants who are LGBTQ+ and have a serious illness	• Sole focus on caregiver or bereavement experiences
• Studies that address the palliative and end of life needs, experiences, and preferences of LGBTQ+ individuals with serious illness	• Studies that did not disaggregate LGBTQ+ participants from heterosexual or cisgender individuals
	• Advance care planning or hypothetical end of life studies if participants did not have a serious illness