Table 1.

Search Strategy for Medline—Modified for Searches in CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect

1) exp Advance Care Planning/ 2) (advance care adj (plan or plans or planning)).tw. 3) (advance adj (directive* or decision*)).tw. 4) living will*.tw. 5) Right to Die/ 6) right to die.tw. 7) Patient Advocacy/ 8) ((patient or patients) adj5 (advocat* or advocacy)).tw. 9) power of attorney.tw. 10) ((end of life or end-of-life) adj5 (care or discuss* or decision* or plan or plans or planning or preference*)).tw. 11) Terminal Care/ 12) terminal care.tw. 13) Treatment Refusal/ 14) exp Withholding Treatment/ 15) (treatment adj5 (refus* or withhold* or withdraw*)).tw. 16) 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 17) Renal Replacement Therapy/ 18) renal replacement therapy.tw. 19) exp Renal Dialysis/ 20) dialysis.tw. 21) (hemodialysis or haemodialysis).tw. 22) (endstage kidney or endstage renal or end stage kidney or end stage renal).tw. 23) (ESKD or ESKF or ESRD or ESRF).tw. 24) 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 23 25) 16 and 24