TABLE 2.

Themes discovered through qualitative analysis of included reference

Theme	Brief definition
Public understanding toward death and death determination: NDD	How the public comprehends death and how death is declared with regard to neurological criteria
Public understanding toward death and death determination: DCD	How the public comprehends death and how death is declared with regard to circulatory criteria
Brain death and organ donation	The public’s understanding of brain death and its relation to organ donation
Public trust in HCPs and the healthcare system	The relationship between public confidence in care at the hospital level and healthcare system level
Media, colloquialisms, and brain death	How the media acts to inform (or disinform) the public about brain death

DCD, donation after circulatory death; HCP, healthcare provider; NDD, neurological determination of death.