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. 2017 Sep 29;7(9):e016659. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016659

Table 1.

Final database search strategy

1 Desire to hasten death
2 Wish to hasten death
3 Euthanasia (MeSH)
4 Suicide, assisted (MeSH)
5 End-of-life decisions
6 Wish to die
7 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6
9 Palliative care
10 End of life care
11 End of life
12 9 or 10
13 Chronic disease
14 Chronic illness
15 Advanced disease
16 Advanced illness
17 Advanced cancer
18 Life-limiting illness
19 Terminally ill
20 Life-threatening illness
21 Life-threatening condition
22 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21
23 Qualitative PubMed or CINAHL filter
25 7 and 12 and 22
26 25 and 23
27 26 not (child*) or (pediatr*)