When to stop? Decision-making when children’s cancer treatment is no longer curative: a mixed-method systematic review

Table 2 SPICE search strategy

Setting	Perspective	Phenomenon ofinterest	Comparison	Evaluation	Methodological approach
Clinical practice and medico-legal and ethical setting.	Children and young people under 20 years old with cancer, when treatment is no longer curative.	Approaches to and experiences of decision-making. Decision making process when treatment is no longer curative.	Key stakeholders perspectives (children and their parents, and healthcare professionals).	Content analysis of guidelines	Quantitative
				Content analysis of guidelines	Qualitative
				Comparative and thematic analysis and narrative synthesis of qualitative and mixed method evidence.	Mixed method
					Guidelines
			Ethical guidelines.

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