Table 3.

Themes and Subthemes Developed from Selected Studies

Synthesized finding 1: Approaching end of life among patients with HM
Stressful experience from the time of diagnosis until the last days	Aggressive treatment at the terminal stage	Patients approaching end of life quickly
Shock	In ICU little grain of hope	Happen quickly
Suffering	Experimentation	Jumped the tracks
Tiredness	Chemo destroyed my body	Saw the end of the story
Uncertainty	Drug induced paralyze	Sudden decline
A lot of time without usefulness
Synthesized finding 2: Submission and surrender of patients with HM during their terminal stage
Accepting the death	Struggling for survival	Home is the preferred place
Acknowledgment of the truth	Determination and perseverance	Return to home
Patient aware how illness is dangerous	Coping with illness	Comfort with home Surroundings
Synthesized finding 3: Entrance of palliative care world
Missed opportunity	Glimmer of hope
Nothing suggested about referral to PC	I know a bite about PC
Know about PC in late	Happy to know