Table 3.

Superordinate themes and themes identified in each study.

Subordinate themes	Organisational responsibilities				Individual experience
Higher order themes	Adaption	Preparation	Resources	PPE	Dignity in death	Positive experiences	Negative experiences	Support for staff
Author(s) date
Andertun et al. (2017)	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Costantini et al. (2020)	✓				✓		✓
Englert et al. (2019)		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Etkind et al. (2020)	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Gershon et al. (2016)	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hewlett and Hewlett (2005)		✓	✓		✓
Hunt (2008)		✓			✓
Jaakkimainen et al. (2014)	✓						✓
Langston et al. (2016)						✓
Leong et al. (2004)	✓				✓
Locsin et al. (2002)					✓		✓
Locsin et al. (2009)	✓					✓	✓	✓
Matzo et al. (2009)	✓	✓	✓
McCormack et al. (2019)				✓	✓	✓
Nouvet et al. (2018)			✓
Raven et al. (2018)	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rubin et al. (2016)		✓		✓	✓	✓		✓
Schneider et al. (2018)	✓	✓			✓
Gilissen et al. (2020)	✓		✓