Table 1.

Scoping review criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
English language studies Papers published after 1995 Studies on adult patients/care settings Studies involving end of life care/bereavement All qualitative research: primary, secondary data	Non‐English language studies Papers published prior to 1995 Studies in neonatal and children care settings Studies involving brain stem death Biomedical data (e.g. drug trials, clinical trials) Quantitative research papers, opinion and commentary pieces, retrospective audit data review; individual patient case presentation