Table 1.

Search strategy

Database	Search Terms
PubMed	‘Terminal Care OR Palliative Care OR ‘Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing AND Ethics Nursing OR Ethical Dilemmas OR Decision Making AND Nursing OR Nurses OR Nursing Care
MEDLINE	Same as PubMed
Embase	(‘Terminal Care /exp OR ‘palliative care’ OR ‘terminal care’) AND (‘Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing ‘/exp OR ‘ethical dilemmas’ OR ‘decision making’) AND (‘nursing’/exp OR ‘nurses’ OR ‘nursing care’)
Web of Science	TS = (‘Terminal Care OR palliative care OR terminal care) AND TS = (ethics, nursing OR ethical dilemmas OR decision making) AND TS = (nursing OR nurses OR nursing care)
Cochrane Library	“’Terminal Care " OR “Palliative Care” OR “Terminal Care” AND “’Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing " OR “Ethical Dilemmas” OR “Decision Making” AND “Nursing” OR “Nurses”
Google Scholar	(“’Terminal Care Care” OR “Palliative Care” OR “Terminal Care”) AND (“Ethics, Nursing” OR “Ethical Dilemmas” OR “Decision Making”) AND (“Nursing” OR “Nurses”)