Table 4.
Description of characteristics of included publications
| Analysed features | Number of Publications |
|---|---|
| Language | |
| English | 42 |
| German | 3 |
| French | 2 |
| Spanish | 2 |
| Portuguese | 1 |
| First authors’ publication country | |
| USA | 10 |
| Canada | 7 |
| UK | 6 |
| Belgium | 5 |
| Switzerland | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Austria, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Poland, Spain | 1 (each country) |
| Year of publication | |
| 2015–2018 | 18 |
| 2010–2014 | 16 |
| 2005–2009 | 10 |
| 1999–2004 | 6 |
| Ethical approacha | |
| Feminist ethics | 21 |
| Political philosophy | 11 |
| Care ethics | 10 |
| Ethical multiculturalism | 8 |
| Phenomenology | 8 |
| Personalist ethics | 5 |
| Relational ethics | 4 |
| Virtue ethics | 1 |
| End-of-life topicsa | |
| Curative or life-sustaining treatment | 32 |
| Pain and symptom control | 10 |
| Euthanasia and assisted suicide | 12 |
aNote: A single article can be represented more than once